Challenges of Urbanization

Define 'megacity'

• A city with a large population, usually over 10 million people

• A city with a large population, usually over 1 million people

• A large city with a population over 100 million people

• A large city spread out over an area covering 10 million sq km

When an urban area has a disproportionate economic and political influence, this is known as...

• Urban core

• CBD

• Urban primacy

• Urban primary

The biggest increase in population occurred in which region?

Calculate the percentage increase in North America's urban population from 1950 to 2050.

• 28%

• 39%

• 72%

'Informal economy' has several characteristics. Tick all those that apply to this key term.

• No records are kept

• People have no contracts

• Workers' pay and conditions are good

• No employment rights

• Meets legal standards for accounts and taxes

Between 1950 and 1980, New York lost 12% of its population. Since then, people have been attracted back due to employment, regeneration and the building of apartments and office on brownfield sites. This is known as...

• Counter-urbanisation

• Re-urbanisation

• Suburbanisation

• Urbanisation

Tick all of the push reasons for why counter-urbanisation may take place.

• High land rents

• More open spaces

• Congestion

• Cheap fuel

• Declining jobs

Typical characteristics of the CBD in the Burgess Model include:

• Finance, admin offices and greenfield sites

• Old buildings taller than the rest of the city, high density of buildings with offices and retail units, little greenery

• High density buildings with large houses and open back gardens

• Terraced housing with good transport links

Land prices are cheaper in the inner city than the rural-urban fringe

• True

• False

Name one factor which can influence land use type