CHALLENGES OF AN URBANISING WORLD
QUESTIONS & ELABORATED CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Define a bot- Work with local residents to come up with community-based solutions to
tom-up
strategy. quality of life challenges.
2. Define a Large scale and expensive infrastructure project sometimes in partnership
top-down strate- be- tween private companies and the government, no involvement of
gy. residents.
3. Define
conges- tion.
So much traffic that you cannot go anywhere.
4. Define
cottage
industry.
Small scale businesses operating out of home.
5. Define
counter-urbani-
sation. The process of people moving from urban areas to rural areas.
6. Define de-indus-
trialisation.
7. Define The decrease in manufacturing in a country due to global shift.
formal
employment
.
Receiving wages and paying taxes. Rights such as sick pay and paid
8. Define hyper-ur- holidays.
banisation
9. Define
informal Very fast urbanisation
employment.
Work not recognised by the government, no taxes being paid and no
employment protection e.g. selling items in the street.
10. Define infrastruc- Roads, railways, water pipes, telephone lines (things that keep a city/country
ture. 11. Define interna- tional migration.
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QUESTIONS & ELABORATED CORRECT ANSWERS
ing smoothly).
permanent movement of people
to a foreign country.
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QUESTIONS & ELABORATED CORRECT ANSWERS
12. Define Small loans given to people who cannot get bank accounts.
microfi-
nance.
13. Define The permanent movement of people within a country.
national
migration.
14. Define When birth rates are higher than death rates the population grows.
Natural
Increase
The process of spending money to improve run down areas.
15. Define
regenera- tion.
16. Define rural - ur- Movement of people from rural areas to urban areas.
ban migration.
17. Define suburban- The process of people moving out of the inner city to suburbs.
isation.
18. Define the When people move back into inner city areas where populations had
term re-
urbanisation. previously declined due to a range of social, economic and environmental
issues.
19. Define
urbanisa- tion. The rise in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
20. Describe the
characteristics
of developing Economies in developing countries are largely made up of informal
coun- tries. employment or primary sector jobs.
21. Describe the
characteristics
of emerging
economies. Emerging economies have more secondary sector jobs and tertiary sector
jobs.
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QUESTIONS & ELABORATED CORRECT ANSWERS
1. Define a bot- Work with local residents to come up with community-based solutions to
tom-up
strategy. quality of life challenges.
2. Define a Large scale and expensive infrastructure project sometimes in partnership
top-down strate- be- tween private companies and the government, no involvement of
gy. residents.
3. Define
conges- tion.
So much traffic that you cannot go anywhere.
4. Define
cottage
industry.
Small scale businesses operating out of home.
5. Define
counter-urbani-
sation. The process of people moving from urban areas to rural areas.
6. Define de-indus-
trialisation.
7. Define The decrease in manufacturing in a country due to global shift.
formal
employment
.
Receiving wages and paying taxes. Rights such as sick pay and paid
8. Define hyper-ur- holidays.
banisation
9. Define
informal Very fast urbanisation
employment.
Work not recognised by the government, no taxes being paid and no
employment protection e.g. selling items in the street.
10. Define infrastruc- Roads, railways, water pipes, telephone lines (things that keep a city/country
ture. 11. Define interna- tional migration.
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QUESTIONS & ELABORATED CORRECT ANSWERS
ing smoothly).
permanent movement of people
to a foreign country.
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QUESTIONS & ELABORATED CORRECT ANSWERS
12. Define Small loans given to people who cannot get bank accounts.
microfi-
nance.
13. Define The permanent movement of people within a country.
national
migration.
14. Define When birth rates are higher than death rates the population grows.
Natural
Increase
The process of spending money to improve run down areas.
15. Define
regenera- tion.
16. Define rural - ur- Movement of people from rural areas to urban areas.
ban migration.
17. Define suburban- The process of people moving out of the inner city to suburbs.
isation.
18. Define the When people move back into inner city areas where populations had
term re-
urbanisation. previously declined due to a range of social, economic and environmental
issues.
19. Define
urbanisa- tion. The rise in the proportion of people living in urban areas.
20. Describe the
characteristics
of developing Economies in developing countries are largely made up of informal
coun- tries. employment or primary sector jobs.
21. Describe the
characteristics
of emerging
economies. Emerging economies have more secondary sector jobs and tertiary sector
jobs.
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