Urbanisation

Question 0

What percentage of the worlds population currently live in urban areas?

Answer 0

50%

Question 1

What is urbanisation?

Answer 1

The growth in the proportion of a country’s population living in urban areas.

Question 2

Where is most of the urbanisation happening in the world today?

Answer 2

In LEDC’s and it’s happening at a fast pace

Question 3

What is urbanisation caused by?

Answer 3

Rural-urban migration

Question 4

What is rural-urban migration?

Answer 4

The movement of people from the countryside to the cities

Question 5

What are the 3 push factors that make people want to leave the countryside?

Answer 5

Few jobs and low wages.
Lack of services.
Poor harvests.

Question 6

What are the pull factors that make people want to move to urban areas?

Answer 6

More jobs and higher wages.

Better services.