Megacities (AQA A-Level Geography): Flashcards
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Megacity definition
Megacity definition
Urban area with 10 million+ people
Metacity definition
Metacity definition
Conurbation with 20 million+ people
Number of megacities in 1990
Number of megacities in 1990
10 megacities
Predicted megacities by 2030
Predicted megacities by 2030
43 megacities
Geographic concentration of megacities
Geographic concentration of megacities
Heavily concentrated in Asia
World's largest city in 2015
World's largest city in 2015
Tokyo with 37.4 million+ inhabitants
Two main causes of urbanisation
Two main causes of urbanisation
Natural population growth & rural-to-urban migration
Urbanisation definition
Urbanisation definition
Increase in proportion living in towns & cities
Tokyo's projected change by 2030
Tokyo's projected change by 2030
Decline by almost 900,000 people
Delhi's projected growth 2018-2030
Delhi's projected growth 2018-2030
Increase by more than 10 million people