7. Changing Towns and Cities

7. Changing towns and cities

  • 7.1.1 Reasons for variations in global urban growth rates.

    7.1.2 Causes of rapid urban growth in LICs: rural to urban migration, social, economic, environmental, and political factors, natural increase.

  • 7.2.1 Opportunities of urban living, for example, culture, housing, services, leisure, consumption, economic development.

    7.2.2 The opportunities and challenges of rapid urban growth: inequality, service provision, housing, employment, transport, waste management, unplanned settlements.

    7.2.3 The impact of urban sprawl on the rural-urban fringe/surrounding areas.

  • 7.3.1 An evaluation of the strategies and techniques used to manage urban growth; including sustainable.

    7.3.2 One detailed specific example of a named urban area to include:
    • causes of urban growth
    • challenges and opportunities brought about by urban growth
    • the strategies and techniques used to manage urban growth; including sustainable.