Starter quiz
- What is urbanisation?
- The increase in the proportion of people living in cities ✓
- The movement of people from cities to rural areas
- The development of farming land
- The process of building more houses in the countryside
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- Which of the following is a major cause of urban growth?
- More people moving to rural areas
- Factories moving to the countryside
- A decrease in job opportunities in cities
- High birth rates and migration to cities ✓
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- What is a megacity?
- A city with many skyscrapers
- A city with over 10 million people ✓
- A city spread across multiple countries
- A city with the largest land area
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- Which is not a challenge caused by urbanisation?
- Traffic congestion
- Air pollution
- Increased farmland ✓
- Housing shortages
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- Which of the following is a pull factor attracting people to cities?
- High crime rates
- Lack of clean water
- Poor healthcare services
- More job opportunities ✓
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- Which industry sector includes manufacturing and construction?
- Primary
- Secondary ✓
- Tertiary
- Quaternary
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Exit quiz
- Around the world there is an overall trend of urban areas __________ in size: by population and by their physical footprint.
- shrinking
- growing ✓
- stagnating
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- What is suburbanisation?
- The movement of people from rural areas to cities
- The decline of inner-city areas
- The expansion of cities into surrounding areas ✓
- The redevelopment of old industrial zones
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- What is urban sprawl?
- The uncontrolled expansion of cities into surrounding areas ✓
- The movement of people back to the city centre
- The redevelopment of abandoned buildings
- The decline of industrial areas
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- Which of these statements is true?
- Urban areas can only experience one process of urban change at a time.
- In theory urban changes follow a logical order, in reality processes overlap. ✓
- Once a city is built, it hardly changes at all.
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Key learning points
- Urban areas change over time.
- Urban population numbers, distribution and spatial growth change over time.
- Processes of urban change include urbanisation, suburbanisation, de-industrialisation and regeneration.
- Counter-urbanisation is a process leading to urban change.
Common misconception
Urban areas can only experience one process of urban change at a time.
While in theory urban changes appear to follow a logical order, in reality processes often overlap and it is best to avoid thinking of changes occurring along a set timeline.
Keywords
Suburbanisation - the movement of people from more central urban areas to the outskirts of an urban area
Urban sprawl - the unplanned, and often rapid, growth of urban areas into the surrounding countryside
De-industrialisation - the loss of manufacturing industries from urban areas
Regeneration - investing money into poorer and derelict urban areas where there was once a sustainable economy in industry
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