What is urbanization?
The shift away from rural living as development takes place and the increasing proportion of a country's population living in urban areas rather than rural.
Explain Urban Sprawl
Urban Sprawl - Rapid and often the poorly planned spread of cities as people move towards and away from the urban area.
Or
The expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into low-density areas.
Identify and explain 1 benefit with urbanization.
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What method of controlling urbanization is represented in the image below? Explain.
Decentralization - Combats the growth of large cities by encouraging development away from the capital.
Describe rural-urban migration.
The movement of people from the less developed countryside to the more developed city/town.
Identify and explain 2 reasons for urban sprawl.
* Population growth - The population outgrows the urban centre, creating a less dense overspill of the city.
*Push factors out of the city. (At least 1 well explained)
*Rural-Urban migration. (At least 1 well explained)
What benefit or problem of urbanization in depicted in the picture. Explain.
The creation of slums. Some people migrate to urban areas seeking opportunities but cannot afford the high cost of living in the city so they tend to reside on the outskirts in poor housing.
Explain 2 methods of controlling urbanization.
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List and Explain:
1 rural-urban push factor
1 rural-urban pull factor
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Explain 3 effects of Urban Sprawl.
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Identify and explain 2 benefits of urbanization.
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Give an example of a named country's attempt to control urbanization.
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List and Explain:
3 rural-urban push factors
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Give 2 examples of Urban Sprawl in names countries spoken about in class.
Levantille, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Kingston, Jamaica
When is a country considered urbanized?
A country is considered urbanized when more than 50% of its population lives in cities/towns.
Give an example of a named country's attempt to control urbanization. (Not mentioned before.)
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List and Explain:
4 rural-urban pull factors
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What is the difference between Urbanization, Urban Growth and Urban Sprawl?
Urbanization is the shift from rural living as development takes place while urban growth is the expansion of an already developed centre to an equally developed wider centre and Urban Sprawl is the growth of an urban centre as development slowly diminishes
Identify and explain 2 problems with urbanization using examples for each in named Caribbean countries.
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Give an example of a named country's attempt to control urbanization. (Not mentioned before.)
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