Starter quiz
- What is urbanisation?
- The movement of people from urban to rural areas
- The growth and expansion of cities ✓
- The increase of farmland
- The decrease in city populations
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- What is a megacity?
- A city with over 10 million people ✓
- A very old city
- A city with high skyscrapers
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- Which of the following is a challenge of rapid urban growth?
- Overcrowding and traffic congestion ✓
- More green spaces
- More affordable housing
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- Which of these are economic sectors?
- Primary ✓
- Traditional
- Secondary ✓
- Universal
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- What does HIC stand for?
- High-Industry Country
- High-Import Country
- High-Income Country ✓
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- What is a characteristic of a LIC (Low-Income Country)?
- High employment in technology
- Low GDP per capita and high poverty rates ✓
- High literacy rates
- Strong financial services sector
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Exit quiz
- ______ employment has no regulation or system of taxation.
- 'Informal' ✓
- Which type of country has the highest percentage of people working in informal jobs?
- HICs
- LICs ✓
- They have equal informal economies
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- What is a major challenge of informal employment?
- High wages and job security
- Lack of legal protection and unstable income ✓
- Guaranteed access to healthcare and pensions
- Strong workers' rights and benefits
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- The __________ model shows how countries might have different levels of employment in each sector over time as they develop.
- Brant
- Clark-Fisher ✓
- Bradshaw
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Key learning points
- There are four sectors of employment.
- Different urban economies are defined by these sectors.
- Formal and informal employment create different working conditions in urban economies.
Common misconception
Those in informal employment are unskilled.
Just because work is unregulated it does not mean that the workers are unskilled. While some workers may not have official certification of skills, they still possess expertise.
Keywords
Economic sector - a category of economic activity where jobs are grouped together based on their type of work
Formal employment - employment that is officially recognised and regulated
Informal employment - employment that lacks official recognition and has no regulation
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