Rapid Urbanisation - Consequences

• What is suburbanisation?

  Where people move from urban areas to the suburbs surrounding the cities
• In 2007, how many (and percentage of) people lived in urban areas according to the UN?

  3.3 Billion people (~ 50%)
• In the next few decades, more than half of all new jobs will be created in cities
• Some causes of suburbanisation include:

  1. Overpopulation.
  2. Pollution.
  3. Danger in cities.
  4. Unemployment.
  5. Deindustrialisation.
  6. Traffic congestion.
• What is counter-urbanisation?

  The movement of people from urban areas to rural areas.
• Causes of counter-urbanisation include:

  1. Overpopulation
  2. Pollution.
  3. City deprivation.
  4. Unemployment.
  5. Traffic congestion.