The cards Question What is urbanisation? Tap to flip Answer The increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities. Question What is natural increase? Tap to flip Answer When a population grows because births outnumber deaths. Question What is rural to urban migration? Tap to flip Answer The movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities. Question What are the two main causes of urbanisation? Tap to flip Answer Rural to urban migration and natural increase. Question In which year did over 50% of the world's population first live in towns and cities? Tap to flip Answer 2008. Question What does the urban hierarchy show? Tap to flip Answer How settlements range from small villages to global cities, based on size and function. Question Where is urbanisation happening fastest? Tap to flip Answer In low and middle income countries. Question What is a megacity? Tap to flip Answer A city with a population of over 10 million. Question What is the Human Development Index (HDI)? Tap to flip Answer A composite measure of development giving a score between 0 and 1, based on indicators of health, education and income. Question In GIS, what is a basemap? Tap to flip Answer A background map or satellite image you choose, on top of which you can add other layers of information. Question Do cities with a lower HDI often grow faster or slower than cities with a higher HDI? Tap to flip Answer Faster. Question What is the central business district (CBD)? Tap to flip Answer The centre of a town or city, with the highest land value. Question What is a commuter? Tap to flip Answer A person who travels somewhere else to work. Question Give an example of an urban land use model. Tap to flip Answer e.g. the Burgess model or the Hoyt model. Question Why do real cities often not match urban land use models? Tap to flip Answer Because of physical geography and local context. Question What is a global city? Tap to flip Answer A city with a major international influence, for example on trade and travel, culture and politics. Question Are all megacities global cities? Tap to flip Answer No. Megacities are defined by population; global cities by their international influence. Question What does 'multicultural' mean? Tap to flip Answer Including people with different cultures and beliefs, with this diversity reflected in a place's food, fashion, architecture and so on. Question What is population density? Tap to flip Answer The number of people living in a defined area, e.g. people per square kilometre. Question Which age group often makes up a larger share of urban populations? Tap to flip Answer People aged 18–40. Question Give one opportunity that drives migration to cities. Tap to flip Answer e.g. employment or education. Question Do cities grow only because of migration? Tap to flip Answer No. Natural increase is often just as important, especially in cities with young populations. Question What is innovation? Tap to flip Answer The creation of new ideas, products or methods of production. Question Give one benefit of living in a city. Tap to flip Answer e.g. a wider range of jobs, more healthcare and education opportunities, advanced infrastructure, or cultural events. Question What is an informal settlement? Tap to flip Answer An urban area built without official planning or support; homes are often self-built and infrastructure may not work well. Question What is overcrowding? Tap to flip Answer Too many people living in a small space. Question What can the high cost of land in cities lead to? Tap to flip Answer Overcrowding. Question When a city's population grows rapidly, how does the growth of services often compare? Tap to flip Answer Services often grow more slowly. Question Why may the poorest city dwellers be vulnerable to environmental hazards such as landslides? Tap to flip Answer Because of where informal housing is located. Question What is urban regeneration? Tap to flip Answer The process of improving and re-energising an area, for example by creating jobs. Question What is dereliction? Tap to flip Answer When abandoned buildings or land degrade into a poor condition. Question Does urban regeneration only mean building new houses? Tap to flip Answer No. It also improves transport, creates jobs and provides community services. Question What is globalisation? Tap to flip Answer The interconnection of countries worldwide, over time, through trade and industry. Question What is a post-industrial city? Tap to flip Answer A city that has changed from a centre of manufacturing to a place where most people work in services. Question Tangshan is a major steelmaking city in which country? Tap to flip Answer China. Question In climate change, what is mitigation? Tap to flip Answer Efforts to reduce or prevent the release of greenhouse gases and their effects. Question In climate change, what is adaptation? Tap to flip Answer Actions taken to adjust to current or future climate impacts. Question Give one source of city emissions that contributes to climate change. Tap to flip Answer e.g. transport, energy use or waste. Question What is a carbon footprint? Tap to flip Answer A measure of the total amount of greenhouse gases released as a result of our actions. Question Is sustainability only about protecting the environment? Tap to flip Answer No. It also includes improving people's lives and meeting their needs fairly. Question How does renewable energy help make a city more sustainable? Tap to flip Answer It reduces the city's carbon footprint. Question What is a smart city? Tap to flip Answer A city that uses digital technology to improve services and quality of life. Question What is urban planning? Tap to flip Answer Designing and managing how cities grow and change. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Geography Unit Cities: What are they like to live in? England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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Show the other sources (10) Primary source Sustainable cities (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source The future of cities (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source GIS: Visualising and analysing the growth of cities (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Urban structure and land use (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Global cities and megacities (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Population in cities (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Benefits of living in cities (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Challenges of living in cities (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Regenerating cities (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Steel cities: Tangshan and Sheffield (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Found a mistake? Write to support@flashfeed.app .
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