GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sub-Saharan Africa
12 Sep 2020
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Urbanization: scenario 1: urban growth, no urbanization (total pop increases, rural pop. Increases, % urban does not change still both. 50%) scenario 2: urban growth & urbanization (total pop increases, rural pop increases rural % decreases, urban(both) increases) scenario 3: no urban growth, but urbanization (total pop stays same, rural(both) decreases, urban(both increases) Lecture 14: global variations lomoar cpsd| 2151316: percent of the population living in urban areas: c. 1800 (or prior to industrial revolution) ~3%(world) vs. ~10% in the mdw 1900. ~14%(world) vs. ~ 50% in much of the mdw today (2008) 50%(world) ~77% in the mdw(hasn"t changed that much because they are highly urbanized) ~41% in the ldq (this is rapidly changing: urbanization: mirrors industrialization and economic development. Developed: north america, europe, japan (more in urban areas) less developed: russia, latin america & south america, asia, The mdw is highly urbanized; ldw is low with few exceptions (brazil)
