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1
Q

What are the most urbanised regions? What percentage lived in urban areas in 2014?

A

North America - 82%
Latin America and the Caribbean - 80%
Europe - 73%

2
Q

What are the least urbanised areas?

A

Asia

Africa

3
Q

How has world population changed over time?

A

It has increased, and is predicted to increase even further

4
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How has world urban population changed over time?

A

It has increased, and is predicted to increase even further

5
Q

How has world rural population changed over time?

A

It has increased and levelled off, and is predicted to start decreasing

6
Q

Location of the fastest growing urban areas

A

Asia and Africa

7
Q

Size of the fastest growing urban areas

A

Medium sized cities with less than 1 million inhabitants

8
Q

2 examples of cities where population has declined and why

A

USA:
Buffalo and Detroit - economic decline
New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina

9
Q

Examples of metacities

A

Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai

10
Q

How has urban population changed between 1950 and 2014?

A

Grown rapidly from 746 million to 3.9 billion

11
Q

2045 projected urban population.

A

Over 6 billion

12
Q

Number of megacities in 1990

A

10

13
Q

Projected number of megacities in 2025

A

37

14
Q

What percentage of the projected growth of world urban population between 2014 and 2050 do India, China and Nigeria account for?

A

37%

15
Q

Where will much of the projected world urban population growth be?

A

In LICs

16
Q

What percentage of predicted cities in India by 2040 have not yet been built?

A

70%

17
Q

Where is development of megacities largely concentrated in?

A

Asia

18
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What was the largest city in 2015? How many inhabitants?

A

Tokyo - 37 million inhabitants

19
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Which 3 countries in Asia and Africa are growing the fastest?

A

India, China and Nigeria

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