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Rapid Population Growth (answering strategy) |
rapid population growth leads to the increase in overall world population, which leads to urbanisation. when there is insufficient housing to accommodate the population, there is housing shortage. |
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Urbanisation |
increase in proportion of the world's population living in cities |
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Migration |
movement of people from one area to another to take up residence for at least a year |
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Rural-Urban Migration |
movement of people from rural areas into cities to live and work |
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5 Push Factors (undesirable) |
lack of job opportunities poor educational facilities lack of medical attention famine war |
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5 Pull Factors (attractive) |
promise of work better schooling and further education more hospitals and doctors perception of exciting city life political stability |
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Migration leads to Housing Shortage?? |
migrants may lack skills which makes it harder for them to get a job, when they cannot afford housing, they turn to slums instead. there may also be insufficient jobs/housing due to the increasing number of migrants, thus the decision to stay in slums. |
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5 Competing Land Use |
Residential Industrial Recreational Infrastructure Commercial |
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Natural Increase Formula |
birth rate - death rate |
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High Birth Rates in Cities |
cities have a large proportion of people in their 20s to 30s likely to start their families. as there is a above average rate of fertility, there is a high natural increase in cities. |
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3 reasons for Limited Land Supply |
physical features ( seas, rivers, mountains ) limit available land for housing flat land > steep slopes as less costly and less prone to landslides limit to how much land can be reclaimed from seas thus there may be insufficient land for housing in cities with small land areas |
