Geography Changing Urban Environments

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Mind Map on changing urban environments
Tobster200
Mind Map by Tobster200, updated more than 1 year ago
Tobster200
Created by Tobster200 over 8 years ago
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Geography Changing Urban Environments
  1. Urbanisation
    1. Happening faster in poorer countries compared to richer countries
      1. most people in richer countries already live in urban areas
        1. 80% of UK live in urban areas
      2. Rural-Urban Migration
        1. Moving from the countryside into a city
          1. Happens in both poor and richer countries
            1. For different reasons
              1. Reasons
                1. Poorer Countries
                  1. Shortage of services in rural areas (Schools, Hospitals, Power and water)
                    1. they BELIEVE the standard of living is better in urban areas (but this is often not the case)
                      1. There are more jobs in urban areas because of better infrastructure and a larger workforce
                      2. Richer Countries
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