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Urban futures I - Coggle Diagram
Urban futures I
Urbanisation
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The most urbanised countries are are mainly the ACs of Europe, North America and Oceania. This is because more people already live in the cities
By 2050, 70% of the World population is expected to live in urban cities
Settlement hierarchy: Conurbation, City, Large town, Small town, Village, Hamlet, Isolated dwelling or farm
Original siting factors
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Altitude, for defence purposes
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On a floodplain, flat land so that farming is easier
World cities
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Some of them are megacities, but they don't have to be, London is an example of this
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Many international banks and the head quarters of trans-national companies (TNCs) are located in world cities
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Distribution
in 1950, most of the biggest and most influent cities were in advanced countries. Tokyo and New York
Buy 2014, there were 28 megacities
more than 2/3rds of current megacities are in poorer countries, mostly in Asia like Mumbai and Jakarta
By 2030, there are predicted to be 41 World cities
Urbanisation in LIDCS
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Internal growth
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Birth rate tends to be higher in he cities because it's normal young people that move to urban areas
In LIDCs, better health is found in cities than in rural areas, so people living in urban areas tend to live longer
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Megacities
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Examples : Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, Mexico city