Year 11 - Geography
Factors affecting the growth of cities
Urban change
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the causes and challenges of rapid urban growth. Pupils will learn about the trends and causes of urbanisationand will study how cities change over time.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to evaluate the factors that affect urbanisation.
Key Notes
- Migration affects the rate of urbanisation.
- Economic change affects the rate of urbanisation.
- Natural increase affects the rate of urbanisation.
Vocabulary To Learn
- natural increase: the birth rate minus the death rate in a population
- push factor: a disadvantage of living in an area that creates a desire to migrate
- pull factor: an advantage of living in an area that attracts people to migrate there
- de-industrialisation: the loss of industry from an area
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Migrants all have similar reasons for migrating.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Migration affects the rate of urbanisation. Economic change affects the rate of urbanisation.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'natural increase'
the birth rate minus the death rate in a population.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Migrants all have similar reasons for migrating. Correction: Migration is a deeply personal decision. Migrants will have many different, and sometimes contradictory, reasons for migrating.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Characteristics and factors influencing different urban land uses Study Guide
- Contrasting urban economies in developing, emerging and developed countries Study Guide
- Global trends in urbanisation Study Guide
- Urban change over time Study Guide
- Using GIS to visualise global trends in urbanisation Study Guide
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