Global Urban Change GEO PAPER 2

• what's urbanisation?


  the growth in the proportion of world's population that live in urban areas
• statistic for people living in rich countries?

  60 percent of population live in cities
• statistic for the largest growth in urban population by 2050?

  Nigeria, India, and China
• HIC UK difference between urban pop in 1950 and 2050?

  • 1950: 75 percent
  • 2050: 88 percent
• NEE Nigeria difference between urban pop in 1950 and 2050?

  • 1950: 10 percent
  • 2050: 75 percent
• LIC Botswana difference between urban pop in 1950 and 2050?

  • 1950: 3 percent
  • 2050: 81 percent
• what are the 2 reasons for urbanisation?

  natural increase and rural to urban migration
• what's natural increase?


  birth rates are high whilst death rates are starting to slow down
• what's rural to urban migration?

  people move away from countryside into cities due to push and pull factors
• what are 3 push factors?

  • less access to healthcare and education
  • jobs with lower wages in primary sector
  • area more prone to natural disaster due to lack of prediction and planning
• what are 3 pull factors?

  • more well paid jobs in tertiary sector
  • greater access to healthcare and education
  • more access to sanitation
• what are megacities?


  cities with over 10 million people
• what will happen to population by 2050?

  70 percent of population will live in cities