Advantages and Disadvantages of cities

A Push factor is:

• 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

A Pull factor is:

• 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

What is one economic advantage offered by cities?

• Access to major highways, ports, and airports (infrastructure)

• Access to a wide variety of cultural activities

• Availability of a diverse range of job opportunities

• Increased access to educational resources

Why is it easier for businesses to sell goods and services in cities?

• There is a huge

  number of

  customers in

  a relatively small

  space

• Cities have more access to transportation, making it easier to move goods and services.

• Businesses can pay less money to their workers in cities

Immigration results in ​ (a)  

diversity, which can often be seen in the range of shops,

social and cultural organisations, ​ (b)   and religious

buildings (such as churches, ​ (c)   and temples).

• cultural
• restaurants
• mosques

 It is usually easier and ​ (a)   to supply

services to people who live ​ (b)   together than to those

Who live far apart. As a result, ​ (c)   have access to

an enormous range of goods and ​ (d)   .

• cheaper
• closer
• city-dwellers
• services

"It is usually easier and cheaper to supply

services to people who live closer together than to those

who live far apart."

Which of the following examples illustrates this idea? (choose all correct answers).

• Postage for online shopping is cheaper in cities

• It's more expensive to eat out at some city restaurants

• People who live in cities generally earn more money than those in the country

• It's easier to to get an uber in the city than in rural areas

Cities offer the best access

to ​ (a)   links, such as major highways, ports, ​ (b)   lines

and airports. These services (known as ​ (c)   ) are vital

for factories and businesses to manufacture and trade ​ (d)   .

• transport
• railway
• infrastructure
• efficiently

Classify the following issues according to their category

• Social disadvantage of cities

• More job opportunities

• Social advantage of cities

• Habitats of native animals are destroyed

• Economic advantage of cities

• High crime rates

• Environmental disadvantage of cities

• Greater range of cultural activities

"The locations we have chosen for our cities are

often home to native plants and animals. As our cities

and suburbs grow, forests and grasslands are cleared,

lakes and wetlands are drained, and rivers are diverted

or dammed. Soft earth is replaced with hard surfaces,

such as concrete and roads. "

Identify two of the consequences of these changes below

• More hard surfaces increases the number of fractures from falls and trips

• Losing animal habitats may cause them to become endagered

• Draining wetlands helps to reduce the number of wild frog attacks

• Flooding is more likely to occur when the surfaces can't absorb moisture