U4 overview

What is the definition of urbanisation?

• An increase in the proportion or percentage of people living in urban areas.

• An increase in the number of people living in urban areas.

• An increase in the population of urban areas.

• The reasons why people move to cities.

Of the following, what is the most probable current reason for urbanisation in Australia?

• To get a job in a factory in a city.

• For 17/18 year olds to move to a city to attend university.

• For a tree change.

• For a sea change.

What effect does urbanisation have on population growth?

• Population rapidly increases as urbanisation increases.

• Generally, population growth slows as urbanisation occurs.

• There is no correlation.

• Population decreases as urbanisation occurs.

What are some positive implications of urbanisation?

• Accessibility to jobs

• Access to healthcare

• Access to education

• All of the other answers

What are negative implications of urbanisation?

• Increased strain on education and healthcare

• Brain drain from rural areas

• Rapid urbanisation can cause slums to be formed

• All of the other options are correct

Which of the following is an example of economic interdependence?

• When rural areas send fresh food to cities and cities send processed food to rural areas

• When pollution from cities goes towards rural areas

• When city dwellers want to spend time in a rural environment

• Urban places rely on rural dwellers to manage the environment.

Which is the odd one out?

• Energy production for urban places is usually carried out in rural areas

• Capital and profits accumulated in urban places are used to provide infrastructure in rural areas

• The vastness and remoteness of rural areas often results in the flow of waste from urban areas to rural areas

• Vast majority of jobs are available in urban areas

Historical factors that account for the spatial distribution of urban and rural places in Australia include...

• The Gold Rush in the 1850s

• The establishment of convict settlements

• The presence of water for agricultural purposes

• Flat coastal plains resulting in extensive, low density cities along the coast.

Once established, the larger capital cities and ports continued to be centres of activity and administration. These are...

• Economic factors

• Environmental factors

• Historical factors

• Cultural factors

Rural-urban drift is...

• A less well known fast and furious movie

• Movement of younger adult generations from small or rural places to larger urban places

• What retirees tend to do

• When rural areas drift closer to urban areas