Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Urban Futures
- How are urban area changing
- Urban growth rates
- How are they changing?
- In 2007 UN said for the first time 50% of world population lived in cities
- Around 180,000 more people are added to cities each day
- 1st cause is urbanisation
- People move from country to city
- 2nd cause is natural increase
- People naturally have children
- What is the global pattern?
- ACs
- Most ACs have already had most exaggerated urban growth
- Happened between Industrial revolution and 1950s
- During this period lot of new houses built so people moved in
- People wanted to move because cities promised more money
- Baby boom was also a major factor
- ACs used to have largest population now they don't
- LIDCs and EDCs
- Their most exaggerated urban growth is yet to happen or is happening
- Mainly due to urbanisation
- Mostly young people who move to cities
- Young people have children and this also contributes
- Want a better life for themselves and their family
- World cities and megacities
- Megacities
- What are they?
- Cities or urban area with a population of over 10 million
- Used to be 2 in 1950 now there are over 30
- Why are they important?
- Provides people with home and jobs
- Most people who move in are young looking for money
- Densely packed stopping urban sprawl
- More services and better quality of life
- World city
- What are they?
- A city which is considered to be an important hub in the economic world
- More opinion based than number based like megacity
- Characteristicts
- Headquarters for many multinational companies
- A centre of soft power
- e.g. owns major news company
- Primary city i.e. most important city in region/country
- Highly rated educational facilities e.g. universities
- Cultural opportunities e.g. theatre and music
- Reasons and consequences of urbanisation
- Rapid urbanisation
- Reasons
- More opportunities for employment in cities
- Better services e.g. healthcare and school
- Stories that you can do well in the city
- Consequences
- nable to cope with large number of people
- Massive strain on services
- Not enough houses
- Increased spending
- Money may not be able in LIDCs
- Strain on infrastructure
- Suburbanisation
- Reasons
- You may want to live close to city but not in it
- Suburbs are urban areas that offer everything in the city without being in it
- Less pollution, cheaper house prices
- Consequences
- House prices go up
- Getting to the city may take a long time due to traffic or distance
- Counter-urbanisation
- Reasons
- People may want to escape stress
- Perceived to be a better and safer pace to raise children
- Less noise and air pollution
- Cheaper living
- Consequences
- Creation of dormitory towns
- People only there to sleep
- Increase in house prices