WorksheetsUrban futures key terms and facts
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 7mins
What global population landmark was reached in 2010?
Total population reached 10 billion.
More people were living in rural than urban areas for the first time ever.
2/3's of the World's population were living in urban areas.
Half of the World's population were living in urban areas.
A megacity can be defined as....
Having a population over 20 million.
Having a population over 10 million.
Having a population over 5 million.
Having a population over 1 million.
A World city is characterised by.....
Being a hub for international trade.
Having over 20 million people.
Being headquarters for large international trans-national companies.
Being at the center of global communication networks
Examples of Urban function include....
Entertainment
Markets (for buying and selling goods and services.)
Employment (having a wide and varied job market.)
Administration (organisation of the city, politics, health, education, housing....)
Define push factors
The factors that cause people to migrate to an area (voluntary reasons.)
The factors that cause people to migrate to an area (forced or volunatary.)
The factors that cause people to migrate away from an area (forced reasons.)
The factors that cause people to migrate away from an area (forced or voluntary.)
Define pull factors
Social and economic factors only.
The factors that attract people to migrate to a new area.
Political factors only.
The factors that force people to migrate away from an area.
Slum settlements can be characterised as.....
Crowded urban areas with poor housing, living conditions and infrastructure.
Crowded rural areas with poor housing.
Being in high risk areas for flooding, land slides and pollution.
Having low rates of disease and excellent sanitation.
