KNI - H2 tto - 5.3 Migration and urbanization

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Important date!

11 March 2021

2nd period

 End-of-chapter test chapter 5

Section 5.1 + 5.2 + 5.3 + 5.4

What do you remember of 5.2?

What is does SEZ mean?
(Special economic zone)

1. Region that is governed by another country
2. Countries where industry has developed quickly
3. A zone where companies don't pay that much tax
4. 'Open' area where foreign companies can set up

Metropolis

Megacity

Multinationals

City with an important global role

City with more than 10 million inhabitants

A company that does businesses in many countries

What does a low-wage country mean?

1. They produce labor-intensive products for import
2. They produce labor-intensive products for export
3. They produce knowledge-intensive products for import
4. They produce knowledge-intensive products for export

What does assembling mean?

1. To put products together
2. To distribute products
3. To separate parts of a product
4. To sell products

Lets continue with 5.3

Migration

Migration to towns and cities

1980: 80% in rural areas

2020: 50% in rural areas, 50%  in towns and cities

> Level of urbanization is increasing by migrants

- Mechanization

- Cities more attractive

Result of migration

Wealth gap between rural and urban area's

In the past > hukou system...

People in the countryside had to stay in the place where they were born otherwise they would lose the right to facilities and amenities such as education, housing and health care.

... and a floating population

There were still many ‘illegal’ migrants (about 250 million!) due to the wealth gap between rural and urban areas > floating population

Read 'Urban renewal'. (page 76-77)
What happened to Chinese towns and cities?

Homework

Complete exercises....

> What is a good agreement to this?