UEEC10 Unit 6 - Urbanisation

According to Statistica (2023), what was the degree of urbanisation on the Earth in 2022?

• 83%

• 57%

• 67%

• 100%

What is meant by 'urban sprawl'?

• 
  upgrading infrastructure to support increased population, without increasing the urban footprint

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• 
  the outward spread of cities

What is meant by 'urbanisation'?

• 
  the movement of people from rural to urban areas, usually rapidly

• an increase in people living in rural areas

• the moment of people from one place to another

• the process of cities expanding into rural areas

Approximately how big does a city's population have to be to be considered a 'Megacity'?

• 5 million

• 10 million

• 11 million

• 20 million

What's an advantage of living in an urban area?

• traffic congestion

• more essential services are provided

• rising cost in housing, food and utilities

• high crime rates

Which has higher pollution?

• an urban area

• a rural area

Which has a higher population?

• an urban area

• a rural area

The basic facilities and systems serving a country, region, or community is called ______.

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• sanitation

• landscape

• infrastructure

Informal settlements within cities that have inadequate housing and miserable living conditions is called a ______.

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• a wealthy city

• slum

• Mad's hometown

Which is NOT a strategy for creating sustainable cities?

• reduce air pollution by upgrading energy use and alternative transport systems

• combat poverty by promoting economic development and job creation

• plant trees and incorporate the care of city green spaces as a key element in urban planning

• entice more people to move there to make it a megacity