Contemporary Urban Environments

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Urban areas

Areas characterised by extensive infrastructure & majority not working in agriculture

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Urbanisation

The process by which an increasing proportion of a country’s population lives in towns and cities

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Global patterns in urbanisation

  1. % living in urban areas: 30% (1950) > 59% (present) > 66% (2050)

  2. 90% concentrated in Africa/Asia

  3. Most urbanised: North America

  4. China/India/Nigeria: 37% of projected growth of world urban population

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Consequences of urbanisation/urban growth

  1. Urban sprawl

  2. Shortage of (affordable) housing in LICs

  3. Lack of urban services e.g. waste disposal

  4. Un(der)employment

  5. Transport issues

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Suburbanisation

Movement of people from inner to outer urban areas, relies on transport

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Urban Resurgence

The movement of people and investment back into urban areas that previously experienced decline

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Montreal: Urban Resurgence

  • Ubisoft: computer-animation firm with 2,700 employees

  • Resurgence > PME but gentrification

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Factors leading to urban growth

Economic:

  1. Cost of land

  2. Structural job changes

  3. New employment opportunities

  4. Industrialisation

  5. Economic development

  6. Affordable housing

  7. Opportunities for housing investment

  8. Potential for earning money in the informal sector

  9. Globalisation

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