Title: Urban growth - Urbanisation in contrasting cities - Eduqas - GCSE Geography Revision - Eduqas - BBC Bitesize
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Urbanisation in contrasting cities
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Urbanisation in contrasting cities
Urban areas are growing rapidly. They face a range of opportunities and challenges. Urban planning is important to ensure that the opportunities are maximised and the challenges are minimised. Part of
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Changing places - changing economies
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Urban growth
Urbanisation means an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas. The world's population is growing rapidly and reached 7.3 billion people in 2011. The highest rates of population growth are occurring in low income countries (LICs), such as Zimbabwe, Malawi and Niger. Some countries are experiencing population decline, for example Japan, Russia and Ukraine. Today more than 50% of the world's population live in urban areas. The number of cities with over 10 million people is increasing. These are called megacities.