Urbanisation in contrasting cities

Urbanisation

The increased movement of people from rural areas to urban areas

What is rural to urban migration?

When people move from the countryside to the city

What is the definition of counterurbanisation?

Large number of people move from urban areas into surrounding countryside or rural areas

What is definition of reurbanisation?

When people move back from rural areas to urban areas in HIC’s cities

What percentage of the world's population live in urban areas?

More than 55%

What is a megacity?

A city with a population of over 10 million people

What are two causes of urban growth?

1) Natural increase(decrease) is the different between the number of births and the number of deaths.

2) Migration is the movement of people into or out the city.

What are two factor?

1) Push factors are things that make people want to leave.

2) Pull factors are things that attract people to the city.

What kind of city Mumbai is?

Mumbai is a new industrialised city(NIC).

What are three challenges people may face in Mumbai?

1) social-poor housing conditions and crime

2) economics-lower wages or unemployment

3) environmental-polluted drinking water or a lack of sanitation

What is the name of the squatter settlement in Mumbai?

The name is Dharavi

How many people live in Dharavi?

Over 1 million people

What is the meaning of self-help scheme?

It is a scheme that enables people to help themselves and their neighbours to improve their homes in developing countries.

What is the meaning of a site and service?

When the local authority provides the land but the resident builds their own house