Geography

• A city with a population of over 10 million people

• The increasing number of people living in towns and cities.

• the way people use different parts of a city.

What is true for the "Burgess Model"

• The city grows outwards with larger and more modern residential properties on the outskirts.

• Low class residential is located next to factories. 

• Old and outdated

• It is a land use model that is popular today due to the structured layers

shows a simple land use pattern that can be identified in some towns and cities however it is outdated due to a shift to suburban land use

Suggest reasons as to why there are bigger homes in the outer suburbs?

• cheaper land

• good transport links

• no slums

• quiet lifestyle

• a modification of the Burgess Model of city development showing how

  zones are less linear.

• What factors are causing urbanisation?

• Rural-urban migration

• Natural increase in population

• Push and Pull Factors

• Lack of space in the countryside

List some push and pull factors that might influence someones decision to move to urban areas?

In 2015, there were how many megacities?