CIE IGCSE GEOGRAPHY 1.7 URBANISATION KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER

CIE IGCSE GEOGRAPHY 1.7 URBANISATION KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER

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1. Identify and suggest reasons for rapid urban growth
2. Describe the impacts of urban growth on both rural and urban areas, along with possible solutions to reduce the negative impacts
3. Physical, economic and social factors which result in rural depopulation and the movement of people to major cities
4. The effects of urbanisation on the people and the natural environment
5. The characteristics of squatter settlements
6. Strategies to reduce the negative impacts of urbanisation

Case Study required for 1.7 - Rio De Janerio, Brazil
• A rapidly growing urban area in a developing country and migration to it