AQA Contemporary Urban Environments: Urban Change (A level)

Cities attract people from rural areas due to ....

• Push factors

• Money

• Pull factors

• Better housing

As population increases, what economic factor will occur?

• more migrants will move to the city creating a more culturally and ethnically diverse population

• Transition from secondary to tertiary and quarternary industries

• Businesses such as factories grow in size and become more profitable leading to jobs and wage rises

• Segregation of people from different backgrounds e.g. ghettos

Cities develop in lots of different ways as they urbanise. Which of these is a social factor

• Commercial farming overtakes subsistence farming as primary method of food production leading to a decline in agricultural jobs pushing people into towns and cities

• Emergence of high -tech industries have emerged e.g. Silicon Valley in California

• Political movements emerge to represent the ‘working class’ population. Political reform focuses on issues that affect urban life e.g poor sanitation

• The migration of people into urban areas increases the mix of people from different social backgrounds. This can make people more tolerant of others, creating a welcoming environment that attracts more migrants

Cities develop in lots of different ways as they urbanise. As population increases, what political factor will occur?

• more migrants will move to the city creating a more culturally and ethnically diverse population

• Political movements emerge to represent the ‘working class’ population. Political reform focuses on issues that affect urban life e.g poor sanitation

• Businesses such as factories grow in size and become more profitable leading to jobs and wage rises

• Segregation of people from different backgrounds e.g. ghettos

Cities in HIC grew (a)   in the Industrial Revolution as death rates in urban areas were high

Cities in LIC/ NEEs are growing rapidly as they have reasionably high rates on in- migration and very high rates of (a)  

Which of these is a political push factors

• Lack of well paid jobs

• Lawlessness and dominance of extremist groups

• Lack of education and healthcare

• desertification

Which age groups is the largest age range in LIC/ NEE cities?

List 5 reasons why urban areas are important

Identify the richest world City in terms of GDP

• New York

• Los Angeles

• Dubai

• Tokyo