Across
- 4. Least urbanised region on Earth
- 7. What are very large cities known as?
- 8. Global urban population will almost________-to over 6 billion-by 2050
- 10. How many new residents are added to urban areas each year?
- 13. While many developing countries will remain mainly rural for many years, they will increase their share of the global urban population to about ___ by 2050
- 15. Young people are more likely than older people to move from rural to _____ _____.
- 18. What will be the main cause of future urbanisation in developed countries
- 19. Most populated city
Down
- 1. Developed countries have the highest rates of ___________
- 2. How much of the Earth's surface is occupied by cities?
- 3. _____ & Kuwait in the Middle East have among the highest urbanisation rates in the world, at over 98%
- 5. Every week, how many people are added to urban populations?
- 6. Michael ________
- 9. Urban growth rates are expected to slow down after _____ as world population growth slows
- 11. What is on of the biggest challenges for rapidly urbanising countries
- 12. ______ is a typical developed country, with 85% of its population living in urban places.
- 14. Zero or ________ urban growth will affect some developed countries as population growth slows down or declines
- 16. _____ is now more urban than rural and experiencing rapid urbanisation
- 17. By 2050, over ____ of the world's population will be urban; currently the figure is around 52%
- 20. _____ is one African country expected to be 50% urban by 2050. Currently it is less than 25% urban.