Urbanisation

What is ecological footprint?

• The spreading of urban areas into rural areas to accommodate an expanding population.

• The act of moving from rural to urban areas.

• The amount of land required (by one person or a population) for waste management, food and transport etc.

• The physical footprint left in the mud after heavy rain.

Is Australia an urbanised country?

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

• Maybe

What is urban sprawl?

• The sprawl of people from rural areas to urban areas.

• The main city centre in an urban area.

• The spreading of rural areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate the need for extra land space due to a rise in ecological footpint.

• The spreading of urban areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate an expanding population.

Approximately how much of the world's population lives along the coastline or within 200km of the coastline?

• 1/8

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4

The movement of people from one country to another is called...

• Migration

• Rural to urban migration

• International movement

• Annual migration

What is urbanisation?

• Urbanisation is the migration of people from rural areas to cities that results in the expansion of urban areas.

• Urbanisation is the migration of people from poor countries to rich countries.

• Urbanisation is the migration of people from urban to rural areas that results in the reduction of urban areas.

A city of more than 10 million people

• Capital city

• Megacity

Push factor

• things that make people want to leave an area such as high crime, lack of education & health services

• things that attract people to move to an area such as greater employment opportunities

Pull factor

• things that make people want to leave an area such as high crime, lack of education & health services

• things that attract people to move to an area such as greater employment opportunities

Slum housing, unreliable power systems, congested roads and poor public transport, inefficient ports and inadequate schools.

• rapid urbanisation challenges

• rapid urbanisation benefits