Georgraphy revision urbanisation in the real world
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Geography
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GCSE
This document is abouth urbanisation in the real world and the challanges it also looks at London and Rio de Janerio and the challanges of depreivation. All the information you need is under 5 subjects and easy to read the information and help you achive a good grade
Key Idea 1.1 : Urbanisation in contrasting global cities
Key term : Urbanisation – the physical and human growth of towns and cities
Fastest growing cities in the world
The fastest growing cities in the world are mostly in Newly Industrialising Countries (NICs) in Asia and
Africa
Key term : Global cities – urban areas that interact the most with each other on a global scale
Present location of the world’s top 10 global cities
2 in Europe
4 in USA
4 in Asia
All HICs/NICs
Features of global cities
They are important transport hubs / well connected
They are centres of governance / decision making
They attract economic migrants
They are culturally diverse
Multinational companies locate there
They are important finance centres
They are a hub for the media - newspapers / TV
, HIC Global City – London, England
What makes London a global city?
HQ to several MNCs e.g. HSBC, BT
Several International Airports e.g. Heathrow which is the busiest airport in Europe
London Stock Exchange is the largest in Europe
36.7% of London’s population are born outside of the UK.
Sporting events e.g. Olympics 2012, Wimbledon Tennis Championships
Premiership football stadiums e.g. Chelsea
Houses of Parliament
Why did London grow?
Natural population increases with more births than deaths
First grew in Roman times (43 AD) where the population reached ~30K
In the Saxon times, 100 000 people were killed by plague
Tudor times there was a growth of 200 000 after the plague
The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed ¾ London
1714-1830 grew to ~2 mill and London became the largest city in the world
During the Victorian era, the population grew to 6 million
First half 20th C, London was overtaken by NY as the world’s largest city. Population declined as people moved to suburbs
(for reasons see work on counter-urbanisation)
International migration e.g. from Caribbean to Brixton in the 1950s
Recent changes due to migration:
~ 200 000 overseas migrants per year (Majority young adults seeking employment)
Largest it has been since 1939
Large influx of 20-29 year olds (age likely to have children)
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