Megacities
To be classified as a megacity, a city's population must reach at least this number.
What is 10 million people?
Urbanisation describes the global trend of people moving away from rural areas and moving into these areas.
What are cities?
This country is home to the megacity of Mumbai and is currently the most populous nation on Earth.
What is India?
Crop failure, lack of jobs, and war are all examples of this type of factor, which drives people away from a place.
What are push factors?
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This iconic US city was the very first megacity in human history, hitting the population milestone in the 1930s.
What is New York?
This major traffic problem occurs when urban infrastructure cannot handle the volume of vehicles commuting daily.
What is traffic congestion?
Cairo, a sprawling megacity of over 20 million people, serves as the capital of this North African nation.
What is Egypt?
Better education, higher wages, and safer neighborhoods are examples of this type of factor, which attracts people to a new place.
What are pull factors?
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What is August?
This massive Asian capital is currently the most populated megacity in the world.
What is Tokyo?
Rapid urbanisation often leads to this type of outward, uncontrolled spreading of a city into rural land.
What is urban sprawl?
To combat rapid urbanisation and overcrowding in its current capital, Jakarta, this country is building a brand new capital city called Nusantara.
What is Indonesia?
This is considered the number one economic push factor for people leaving rural areas.
What is poverty (or a lack of jobs/unemployment)?
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What is NewJeans?
Most of the world's newly emerging megacities are located on these two continents.
What are Asia and Africa?
This environmental problem happens when concrete, asphalt, and buildings trap heat, making a city much warmer than the surrounding countryside.
What is urban heat island effect?
This South American country contains the massive megacities of both São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
What is Brazil?
This specific social pull factor attracts people to cities because it offers young people better career pathways and higher-tier qualifications than rural schools.
What is better access to education?
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What is Mofusand?
This specific type of informal housing often lacks clean water and electricity and grows rapidly on the outskirts of developing megacities.
What is a slum?
This major environmental challenge involves cities struggling to manage the massive amount of trash produced by concentrated populations.
What is waste management (or solid waste disposal)?
Lagos, one of the fastest-growing megacities in the world, is located in this West African country.
What is Nigeria?
Rising sea levels or severe droughts that force people to move introduce this specific sub-category of push factors.
What are environmental (or climate) push factors?
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