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Flashcards by Stiliana Stefanova, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Stiliana Stefanova
about 2 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is urbanisation? | The increase in the number of people living in towns and cities compared to the countryside |
| What is urbanisation? | The increase in the number of people living in towns and cities compared to the countryside |
| A developed country is: | Country with very high human development (VHHD). Countries in North America, Europe and Oceania mainly fall in this category. |
| An emerging country is: | Country with high or medium human development (HMHD). Countries in Asia and Latin America mainly fall in this category. |
| A developing country is: | Country with low human development (LHD), a poor country. Countries in Africa mainly fall in this category. |
| What size is a major city? What size is a megacity? | At least 200,000 people At least 10 million people |
| Globally, where do more people live? | Urban areas |
| In what type of countries is the most rapid urban growth happening in? | Developing and emerging countries |
| Which continent has the fastest rate of urbanisation? | Africa |
| What is natural increase? | The rise in population caused by births exceeding deaths |
| What are birth and death rates? | The number of births of deaths per 1000 people in a year |
| What does rural depopulation mean? | The movement of people from rural to urban areas |
| What is industrialisation? | Increase of industry |
| What is mechanisation? | Increase use of machinery |
| What were the Enclosure Acts? | Villages were not allowed to use open fields and commons for farming |
| What is a shanty town? | Home for the poor, made from scrap materials |
| Identify the main cause of urbanisation in the developed world. | Industrialisation |
| What century did urbanisation occur in, in the developed world? | 19th century |
| Identify the two main causes of urbanisation in developing and emerging countries. | High natural increase and rural to urban migration |
| Identify a negative social effect of urbanisation on developed countries. | Buses and trains are full |
| Identify a negative economic effect of urbanisation on developed countries. | Money is spent improving infrastructure |
| Identify a negative environmental effect of urbanisation on developing and emerging countries. | Increase in air pollution |
| Identify a positive social effect of urbanisation | Education and heath is very accessible |
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