5.10 Impacts of Urbanization

• What is urbanization?

  The process of rural-to-urban migration
• Urban areas have low population density compared to rural areas.

  False
• What type of economic opportunities are available in urban areas compared to rural areas?

  More diverse and abundant
• Urban areas provide better access to healthcare, education, and transportation
• Urban lifestyles are slow-paced and community-oriented.

  False
• Order the main causes of urbanization based on their primary influence:

  1️⃣ Economic Opportunities

  2️⃣ Education and Healthcare Access

  3️⃣ Migration

  4️⃣ Industrialization

  5️⃣ Infrastructure Development
• Why does education and healthcare access contribute to urbanization?

  Attracts people to cities
• Industrialization creates more jobs and attracts workers to urban centers
• Well-developed roads, buildings, and utilities in cities encourage urbanization.
• What are two consequences of urbanization mentioned in the text?

  Increased population density and infrastructure development
• Urban areas offer more job opportunities and better services compared to rural areas.
• Order the impacts of urbanization on land use from primary to secondary effects:

  1️⃣ Conversion of Rural Land

  2️⃣ Urban Sprawl

  3️⃣ Increase in Impervious Surfaces
• How does urbanization affect farmland and biodiversity?

  Reduces their availability
• Urban construction increases impervious surfaces, which exacerbate flooding.
• Impervious surfaces help water seep into the ground, reducing surface runoff.

  False
• What is the main driver of urbanization according to the table?

  Economic Opportunities
• Urbanization leads to the conversion of agricultural lands and natural habitats into residential, commercial, and industrial areas
• Impervious surfaces in cities prevent water from seeping into the ground, increasing surface runoff.
• What is one impact of urbanization on green spaces within cities?

  Loss of Green Spaces
• Urbanization increases land values within city limits, leading to higher housing costs
• Land use in rural areas is primarily agricultural and natural.
• What is the dominant type of land cover in urban areas?

  Impervious surfaces
• Water consumption increases in urban areas due to higher population densities
• Urban runoff from impervious surfaces contaminates water resources and exacerbates flooding.
• What is one consequence of over-extraction of water resources in urban areas?

  Water Scarcity
• Urbanization is the process of people moving from rural areas to urban areas, leading to a higher percentage of the population living in cities
• What is the primary economic factor driving urbanization?

  Economic Opportunities
• Urban centers provide superior schools and medical services
• Order the main causes of urbanization:

  1️⃣ Economic Opportunities

  2️⃣ Education and Healthcare Access

  3️⃣ Migration

  4️⃣ Industrialization

  5️⃣ Infrastructure Development
• What is one of the main causes of urbanization according to the study material?

  Economic opportunities
• Urban centers provide superior schools and medical services, contributing to urbanization
• Arrange the following causes of urbanization in a logical order based on their impact on the transition from rural to urban living.

  1️⃣ Migration from rural areas

  2️⃣ Industrialization creating employment

  3️⃣ Education and healthcare improvements

  4️⃣ Economic opportunities in cities

  5️⃣ Infrastructure development
• Urbanization is primarily driven by the movement of people from urban to rural areas.

  False
• What is the role of education and healthcare access in urbanization?

  Attract residents to cities
• The development of industries creates more employment opportunities, contributing to urbanization
• Urbanization leads to increased agricultural land use in rural areas.

  False
• What are three effects of urbanization on water resources?

  Increased consumption, pollution, runoff
• Urbanization transforms community structures and necessitates expanded infrastructure
• How does community structure change during urbanization?

  Close-knit to fragmented
• Urbanization promotes a traditional and slow-paced lifestyle.

  False