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Unit 4: Planning and Sustainable Futures
Quick questions on Causes of urbanisation: WACE Year 12 Geography
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What is causes of urbanisation?Show answer
Urbanisation is driven by two processes: migration and natural increase.
What is the developed-world pattern?Show answer
Developed countries urbanised early, during the Industrial Revolution, as factories drew workers to cities over many decades. This gradual pace allowed infrastructure and services broadly to keep up. These countries are now highly urbanised, often above eighty percent, and their urban populations grow slowly, mainly through natural increase and immigration. Australia is one of the most urbanised countries on Earth, with most people in a few coastal cities.
What is the developing-world pattern?Show answer
Developing countries are urbanising rapidly now, often without the industrial job base that drove earlier urbanisation. Growth is fuelled by high rural-urban migration and high natural increase together. Because cities grow faster than housing, services and jobs can be provided, the result is informal settlements, underemployment and strained infrastructure. This sets up the megacity and liveability challenges examined elsewhere in Unit 4.
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