Urbanization
Urban Sprawl
Benefits of Urbanization
Controlling Urbanization
100
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.
100
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.
100
Identify and explain 1 benefit with urbanization.
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100
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.
200
Describe rural-urban migration.
The movement of people from the less developed countryside to the more developed city/town.
200
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)
200
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.
200
Explain 2 methods of controlling urbanization.
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300
List and Explain:
1 rural-urban push factor
1 rural-urban pull factor
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300
Explain 3 effects of Urban Sprawl.
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300
Identify and explain 2 benefits of urbanization.
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300
Give an example of a named country's attempt to control urbanization.
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400
List and Explain:
3 rural-urban push factors
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400
Give 2 examples of Urban Sprawl in names countries spoken about in class.
Levantille, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Kingston, Jamaica
400
When is a country considered urbanized?
A country is considered urbanized when more than 50% of its population lives in cities/towns.
400
Give an example of a named country's attempt to control urbanization. (Not mentioned before.)
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500
List and Explain:
4 rural-urban pull factors
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500
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
500
Identify and explain 2 problems with urbanization using examples for each in named Caribbean countries.
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500
Give an example of a named country's attempt to control urbanization. (Not mentioned before.)
The teacher will decide if the answer is correct.