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Changing cities (Effects of high rates of urbanisation (Developed…
Changing cities
Effects of high rates of urbanisation
Developed countries
Transport
- Buses and tubes are not able to cope: people waiting on the platforms watch trains going past full
Education
- Schools do not have enough places for all of the children that need them. There are long waiting lists for the best schools in an area.
Overcrowded cities
- cities in many developed countries are not coping with the amount of people who wish to live there
Housing
- House prices and also rents of flats are increasing all the time. This is because there are not enough housing units for all the people who want them
Developing and emerging countries
Unemployment
- In Cairo there are so few jobs that people make a living over the rubbish in waste heaps to find things that they can sell.
Education
- There are not enough places in the school so in some countries only the boys go to school
Agriculture
- Old people are left in the country side because the young have gone to towns looking for work. Soon food supplies will drop as the people who are left behind can't physically work on the farms.
Shanty towns
- People who move to the city cannot afford homes and there is a lack of housing so they build their own homes on wasteland from waste materials.
Urbanisation
Urbanisation in developed countries
Occurred in the 19th century
Caused in part by the Industrial Revolution and the huge demand for labour in the new factories.
Landless, poor villagers moved in great numbers to the cities.
In the past 50 years developed countries have continued to increase their urban areas but at a much slower rate
Urbanisation in emerging and developing countries
Occurred over the past 50 Years
Main reason for this growth in urban population is the increase in population
Population growth has occurred because of decreasing death rates as more children who are born survive past their 1st birthday
Also been a large natural increase in the population of urban areas, partly due to the fact that many of the people who live there are of child-bearing age.