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IGCSE Geography Classwork Notes: Revision of UnitB6 Urban
environments
Please print these out before class so that you can write on them:
We may not finish all of this today, but there will be time next week if we don’t.
1. What is urbanisation?
2.What are the causes of urbanisation?
3.What has been the pattern of urbanisation over time?
4. Where is urbanisation fastest?
Where gap between rural and urban income is bigger or smaller?
5.How do you define a megacity?
6. Can you name a megacity?
7. Where are most of the megacities?
8. People go from rural areas to urban ones due to pushes and pulls.
Define pull.
Define push
9. An examples of a pull?
10. An examples of a push?
11. What is a primate city?
12. Name a primate city
What is happening to Greater London
and Central London
at A? – what is this called?
Why is it happening?
At B? – what is this called?
Why is it happening?
Can you think of places that you know where people in situation A have moved to? In
situation B?
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Please print these out before class so you can make notes on them
Issues and problems:
Area
Landuse Tenure Unemployed Ethnicity Groups
Positive points of the
Central Manchester
multicultural society
Chorlton
Chorlton
Rusholme
Rusholme
Rent
Own
Fallowfield
Fallowfield
Rent
Own
Withington
Withington
Rent
Own
Didsbury
Rent
Own
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Negative points
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Why are some cities growing rapidly?
Hat is the pattern of shanties?
What is Kibera like? (in particular what is it lacking?)
Kibera – hope for the future?
Housing?
Education?
Clean water?
Sanitation?
Job opportunities?
Training?
Green energy and improving the environment?
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