A Major LIC/NEE City: Location & Growth Flashcards

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What are the two causes of the rapid population growth of major cities in LICs and NEEs?

Natural increase and migration (mainly rural–urban migration).

Why do major LIC/NEE cities usually have a high rate of natural increase?

Most migrants are young adults of child-bearing age, so birth rates are high while better urban healthcare lowers death rates.

What does it mean to say a city is regionally important?

It is important to the surrounding region or part of the continent.
e.g. a main financial or cultural centre for that region.

Give one way a major LIC/NEE city can be nationally important.

It is the country's main financial centre, or its capital, or contains a large share of the country's industry and GDP.