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Test 4

Cities and urbanisation

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1 Study the table below. It shows the population growth of some of the world's major cities.
   
 
City
 Population
1985
(millions) 		Population
2000
(millions) 		Population
growth rate
(percentage)
       
Tokyo 18.3 20.2 0.5
Mexico City* 17.3 25.8 2.7
Sao Paulo* 15.9 24.0 2.8
New York 15.6 15.8 0.1
Calcutta* 11.0 16.5 2.7
Buenos Aires* 10.9 13.2 1.3
Greater London 10.4 10.5 0.1
Rio de Janiero* 10.4 13.3 1.7
   
  *These cities are in LEDCs
The other cities are in MEDCs.
 
(a) (i) Which of these cities had the biggest population in 2000?
(1)
(ii) Which city had the fastest rate of growth between 1985 and 2000?
(1)
(iii) What is the difference between the population growth rates in the LEDCs and those in MEDCs?
(1)
  (iv) What is meant by the word 'urbanisation'?
(1)
     
(b) Many cities in LEDCs include large areas of shanty towns.
(i) Name a shanty town that you have studied.
(1)
(ii) Describe the main features of your named shanty town.
(4)
  (iii) How can housing conditions be improved for poor people in cities in LEDCs?
(6)
     
(c)

Study the following newspaper article about a report on inner city decline.


  

  (i) Use this article to suggest two reasons why people are moving away from inner city areas.
(2)
  (ii) The movement of people out of the inner cities is causing problems on the rural-urban fringe.
With reference to one area that you have studied, describe the problems caused in the rural-urban fringe by the movement of population out from the city.
(6)
  (iii) With reference to one or more examples that you have studied, describe and explain how living conditions in inner city areas can be improved.
(6)