HCC Paper 2 Mumbai Urban issues and challenges

What country is Mumbai in?

• Japan.

• India.

• Qatar.

• Mexico.

What continent is Mumbai found in?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• Oceania

True or False: Mumbai is the capital of India

• True

• False

What is urbanisation?

• The process causing a greater % of people that move to cities to look for work

• The process causing a lower % of elderly people to leave towns and cities

• The process causing a % decline of people living in urban areas

• The process causing a greater % of a population to live in towns and cities

What are the main factors that cause urbanisation?

• Push factors and population growth

• Natural increase and urban to rural migration

• pull factors and a high death rate

• Natural increase and rural to urban migration

The population of Mumbai is approximately

• 5 Million

• 103 Million

• 23 Million

• 79 Million

One reason why Mumbai's population has grown so rapidly is rural - urban migration. What is this?

• factories shutting down

• improving an area

• people moving to the suburbs

• people moving from the countryside to the city

What is a push factor?

• negative factor that makes someone want to leave an area

• positive factor that makes someone want to go to an area

What is causing rural - urban migration (moving from India's countryside to Mumbai)? (CHOOSE 2)

• poor soil in rural areas - can't grow crops

• too many jobs in the countryside

• better jobs / education in Mumbai

• no jobs in the city

Which ONE is a push factor leading to migration from rural India to Mumbai?

• Poverty

• More job opportunities

• Closer to family and friends

• Better services