PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS TO COUNTER-URBANISATION, URBAN GROWTH

Define counter-urbanisation.

• The movement of people from rural to urban areas.

• The movement of people from urban to rural areas.

• The movement of people from urban to urban areas.

What are the reasons for counter-urbanisation?

• urban decline, greater wealth and improvements in communication and technology.

• urban increase, poor wealth and no improvements in communication and technology.

• rural decline, poor wealth and improvements in communication and technology.

What does greater wealth mean for counter-urbanisation to happen?

• People have their own bicycle to go to the office.

• People use their cars to go their office.

• People walk from their home to office.

People move to live in the rural areas because of improvement in communications and technology. This means improvement in what?

• typewriter, telephone, and steam train.

• more public transport systems than cars.

• Internet, email and high-speed rail links.

The effects of counter-urbanisation are cities become ________________.

Rural areas become more like __________ areas where modern housing blocks may be built.

Why are the migrants loss in community spirit?

What is the meaning of very large cities?

• extreme big cities

• megacities

• large cities

Solutions to traffic congestion are

• improve public transport like MRT, Subway.

• discourage the use private cars in urban areas.

• road widening, ring roads, by-passes

Solution to housing shortages

• built high cost community housing.

• destroy slums and squatter settlement.

• implementing self-help schemes where government provide assistance.