Starter quiz
- What is the main difference between urban and rural areas?
- Urban areas have fewer services and less population
- Rural areas are more densely populated than urban areas
- Urban areas have a high population density, rural areas are sparsely populated ✓
- Urban areas have less access to education than rural areas
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- What is urbanisation?
- The movement of people from cities to rural areas
- The growth of cities as more people move into urban areas ✓
- The decline in population in urban areas
- The process of building factories in rural areas
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- What is the main reason for population growth in many developing countries?
- Low birth rates
- High death rates
- High birth rates and falling death rates due to improved healthcare ✓
- Increased migration to rural areas
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- Match the country with its income group:
- LIC (Low Income Country)⇔Mozambique ✓
- NEE (Newly Emerging Economy)⇔India ✓
- HIC (High Income Country)⇔Germany ✓
- What is the term for the movement of people from rural areas to cities?
- Emigration
- Rural-urban migration ✓
- globalisation
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- Order the following cities by population, from largest to smallest:
- 1⇔Tokyo
- 2⇔New York
- 3⇔London
- 4⇔Paris
Exit quiz
- A ______ is a city with a population of 10 million people or more.
- 'megacity' ✓
- When one city politically and/or economically dominates a country or region it is known as urban...
- primark
- primacy ✓
- pressure
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- What is one major cause of urbanisation in developing countries?
- Migration from urban areas to rural areas
- Lack of jobs in rural areas leading people to migrate to cities ✓
- Improved healthcare in rural areas
- A decrease in agricultural production in cities
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- Which of the following statements is true about megacities?
- The first cities to become megacities are now the largest global cities.
- Many megacities have only grown to a significant size since 2000. ✓
- Every country has a megacity.
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Key learning points
- The world is becoming increasingly urbanised.
- Trends in urbanisation (past, present and future) vary between global regions.
- Some urban areas have grown into megacities.
- Some urban areas have disproportionate economic and/or political influence.
Common misconception
The first cities to become megacities are now the largest global cities.
Most of the world's largest cities are relatively young megacities that have only grown to a significant size since 2000.
Keywords
Urbanisation - an increase in the proportion of people that live in an urban area
Megacity - a city with a population of 10 million people or more
Urban primacy - when one city politically and/or economically dominates a country or region
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