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Changing Cities 4.1
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- 1What is urbanisation?The increase in the number of people living in towns and cities compared to the countryside
- 2What is urbanisation?The increase in the number of people living in towns and cities compared to the countryside
- 3A developed country is:Country with very high human development (VHHD). Countries in North America, Europe and Oceania mainly fall in this category.
- 4An emerging country is:Country with high or medium human development (HMHD). Countries in Asia and Latin America mainly fall in this category.
- 5A developing country is:Country with low human development (LHD), a poor country. Countries in Africa mainly fall in this category.
- 6What size is a major city? What size is a megacity?At least 200,000 people
At least 10 million people - 7Globally, where do more people live?Urban areas
- 8In what type of countries is the most rapid urban growth happening in?Developing and emerging countries
- 9Which continent has the fastest rate of urbanisation?Africa
- 10What is natural increase?The rise in population caused by births exceeding deaths
- 11What are birth and death rates?The number of births of deaths per 1000 people in a year
- 12What does rural depopulation mean?The movement of people from rural to urban areas
- 13What is industrialisation?Increase of industry
- 14What is mechanisation?Increase use of machinery
- 15What were the Enclosure Acts?Villages were not allowed to use open fields and commons for farming
- 16What is a shanty town?Home for the poor, made from scrap materials
- 17Identify the main cause of urbanisation in the developed world.Industrialisation
- 18What century did urbanisation occur in, in the developed world?19th century
- 19Identify the two main causes of urbanisation in developing and emerging countries.High natural increase and rural to urban migration
- 20Identify a negative social effect of urbanisation on developed countries.Buses and trains are full
- 21Identify a negative economic effect of urbanisation on developed countries.Money is spent improving infrastructure
- 22Identify a negative environmental effect of urbanisation on developing and emerging countries.Increase in air pollution
- 23Identify a positive social effect of urbanisationEducation and heath is very accessible
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- GCSE Geography FlashCards sobre Changing Cities 4.1, criado por Stiliana Stefanova em 03-03-2022.
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