Across
- 1. Xian in northwest China is an ancient city and one of China’s emerging megacities experiencing _____ population growth.
- 3. Half of all urban ________ live in cities of between 100 000 and 500 000 people and less than 10% live in megacities.
- 4. Zero or ________ urban growth will affect some developed countries as population growth slows down or declines.
- 6. ________ countries have the highest rates of urbanisation.
- 7. Young people are more likely than older people to move from _____ to urban areas.
- 11. Very large cities, known as ______, are growing more slowly than medium-sized cities.
- 12. _______ population increase and rural to urban migration are responsible for urbanisation in the developing world.
- 13. Qatar and Kuwait, in the ______ East, have the highest rates of urbanisation in the world.
- 15. Providing ____________ such as water, housing and transport is one of the biggest challenges for rapidly urbanising countries.
Down
- 2. Tokyo, the world’s largest city, is an ______________ of urban places from Tokyo to Yokohama, and contains almost 40 million people and covers 13 500km² of land.
- 5. Sixty million new _________ are added to urban areas each year.
- 7. More developed _________ had urbanisation rates over 75% in 2011 compared to less than 50% in less developed regions.
- 8. One new city of one _______ people will be needed every five days until 2050 to house global population growth.
- 9. By 2050, over 60% of the world’s ________ will be urban.
- 10. Less than 3% of the Earth’s ________ is occupied by cities.
- 14. Global urban populations will almost ______ to over 6 billion by 2050.