What percentage of the world's pop. currently lives in urban areas?
- Urbanisation is currently happening all over world. - More than 50% of world's pop. currently live in urban areas and this is increasing everyday.
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How does rate of urbanisation differ?
- Rate of urbanisation differs between countries that are richer and those that are poorer.
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LICs
- E.g. Ethiopia, Nepal and Afghanistan. - Less economically developed than HICs. - No much of pop. live in urban areas. - In general, fastest rates of urbanisation in world are in LICs.
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NEEs
- E.g. Brazil, China, Russia, India. - Economic development is increasing rapidly. - Percentage of pop. living in urban areas varies. - Some, e.g. Thailand, Nigeria and China are experiencing rapid urban growth. -
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HICs
- More economically developed than LICs and NEEs. - Most of pop. already live in urban areas (urbanisation happened earlier than in LICs and NEEs (e.g. Industrial revolution era)). - Slow rates of urban growth.
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Why is urban growth slow in HICs?
- Many people desiring better quality of life so are moving away from overcrowded cities to rural areas. - Good transport and communication networks mean that people in HICs can live in rural areas and commute to cities, or work from home.
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How does rate of urbanisation differ?
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- Rate of urbanisation differs between countries that are richer and those that are poorer.
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