Urbanisation Definitions
What is the outward spread of a city and its suburbs as they grow?
Urban Sprawl
What are pull factors?
Employment opportunities, entertainment, medical facilities, education and higher living standards
What is the movement of people within a country?
Internal Migration
How are Slums created?
Rapid urbanisation which leads to unaffordable and less housing. Poverty and economic instability are also factors.
Unhygienic, high crime rates, unsafe, over populated and crowded
What is a city with more than 10 million people called?
Megacity
What are examples of megacities?
Jakarta, Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Mumbai, Beijing, Dhaka, London, New York
What is the movement of people between countries on a permanent or semi -permanent basis?
International Migration
What are some disadvantages of living in a large city?
Stress,Crime,Isolation
What is a economic impact of urbanisation?
Innovative ideas, access to resources, more productivity however can also lead to more poverty, more competition for jobs, strain on infrastructure.
What is a measure of how populated a place is?
Population density
What is it called when people move from one place to another to settle down?
Migration
Reasons for migrating are....
Better jobs, better quality of life, education, family, friends, connections, war, political unrest
What are some environmental impacts of large cities?
Carbon emissions, urban heat island effect and clean water shortages
What is a social impact of Urbanisation?
Housing shortages, social inequality, higher crime rates, decrease in traditional communities
What is the process called by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in towns and cities?
urbanisation
What are push factors?
War, poverty, high crime rates, less jobs, lack of nature
What is it called when a person moves from a rural to urban area.
Rural-urban migration
What is the happiness, well being and satisfaction that a person experiences called?
Quality of Life
to use resources in a way that can be maintained over the long term, without depleting them or causing harm to the environment.
What are the factors that cause people to leave the places where they live and the factors that draw people to places?
Push and Pull Factor
What is the part of the world called where the poor and middle income mainly live?
Developing world
The concentration of people and structures within a urban area.
Urban Density
What is an informal settlement built by the poor using material from the streets?
Slum
What are some strategies to improve sustainability of a urban area?
Vertical farming, green infrastructure (walls, roofs), more public transport, cycling, urban gardens, educating, creating compact cities, reducing pollution.