URBANIZATION AND OVERPOPULATION JACK AGNEW JAKE PREVOST AND

URBANIZATION AND OVERPOPULATION JACK AGNEW, JAKE PREVOST, AND BRYNN FLANNERY

WHAT IS URBANIZATION? WHAT CAUSES URBANIZATION? • URBANIZATION- PROCESS BY WHICH TOWNS AND CITIES ARE FORMED AND BECOME LARGER AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BEGIN TO LIVE AND WORK IN CENTRAL AREAS • CAUSES: • INDUSTRIALIZATION AND FACTORIES • MOVED TO CITIES TO WORK IN FACTORIES • MECHANIZATION IN FARMING LOWERED LABOR NEEDED TO FARM • DROUGHT AND OVERWORKED LAND

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION? • HIGHER POPULATION DENSITY AND POPULATION IS GROWING QUICKLY • SETTLE NEAR WATER • LITERACY RATES ARE HIGHER IN URBAN AREAS • LIVE IN CROWDED URBAN AREAS • HAVE TO LEAVE FAMILY IN RURAL AREAS

WHAT IS OVERPOPULATION AND WHAT CAUSES IT IN PARTS OF AFRICA? -Overpopulation is an undesirable condition where the number of existing human population exceeds the carrying capacity of Earth. -There are many factors that cause overpopulation in Africa. The largest causes include: - high birth rate -improved medical/ sanitation -African culture centered around extended families

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF OVERPOPULATION? • -DEPLETION OF RESOURCES -HIGH COST OF LIVING • RAPID SPREAD OF DISEASES -MORE CONFLICT • DEGRADATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT • RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT

GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CITY IN EGYPT DEALING WITH OVERPOPULATION/URBANIZATION • CAIRO, EGYPT - POPULATION OF 7. 7 MILLION AS OF 2013 - 10 PERCENT OF COUNTRY LIVE IN CAIRO • LAGOS, NIGERIA - POPULATION OF 21 MILLION AS OF 2014 - JUST OVER 8 PERCENT OF PEOPLE LIVE IN THE CITY

SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF THE EFFECTS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS CITY • CAIRO, EGYPT - AFTER WW 2 THE POPULATION OF EGYPT SPREAD OUT TO THE NILE DELTA - BAD HOUSING POLICIES - MIXED USE, MULTI FAMILY HOMES - 8, 000 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE - SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING 3 OR MORE KIDS - IMPLEMENTING 2 CHILD RULE

Picture detailing the overpopulation in Lagos Lighter is earlier and darker is more modern