Urbanisation in China

What is a pull factor?

• Reason to move away from somewhere

• Reason to move to a place, like a city

• Spread of urban development

• Reasons why people don't want to live somewhere

What is the Hukou system?

• Economic growth strategy

• Regulations on where slums can develop

• System of residency permits

• Population size control

What is urbanisation?

• Increase in people living in rural areas

• Growth of cities with populations over 10 million

• Increase in the number of people living in towns and cities

• Spread of urban development

What is urban sprawl?

• Spread of urban development without any restrictions

• The creation of large slums

• Increase in people moving to rural areas

• Decrease in people living in urban areas

What is a push factor?

• Reasons to move to rural areas

• Reasons to leave rural areas

• Reasons to move to cities

• Economic development strategy

Which of the following are examples of pull factors in Chinese urbanisation?

• Higher incomes in the city

• More career opportunities

• Modern urban lifestyle

• Access to education and technology

• All of the above

Which of the following are examples of push factors for Chinese urbanisation?

• Farming is less profitable

• Less pollution

• Lack of access to education

• Few opportunities for young people

What is internal migration?

• The movement of people from one area to another within a country

• The movement of people from one country to another country

• Movement of people from cities to rural areas

• Movement of people from poor suburbs to wealthy suburbs

Which of the following are strategies used by the Chinese government to limit urbanisation?

• Limiting the size of large cities

• Encouraging the growth of smaller cities

• Hukou system

• Moving factories and jobs inland

• All of the above

Bonus Question: What is China's exact population as of 8:30pm on the 23rd of May?

• 1 418 124 543

• 1 419 578 456

• 1 418 345 989

• 1 419 528 358