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Study the table given below and answer the questions that follow:
Continent	Early 1950	Mid 1970s	Mid 2000
Europe	23	30	58
Asia	32	69	206
North and
Central America	16	36	79
South America	8	17	43
Africa	3	8	46
Australia	2	2	6
World Total	84	162	438
Source: www.citypopulation.delworld.html
(i) Name the two continents, one with highest growth rate and the other with lowest growth rate of million cities.
(ii) Why is the number of million cities increasing in the world?
(iii) Give the meaning of 'Conurbation'.

 

Answer:

(i) Highest - Asia Lowest-Australia.

(ii) The number of million cities are increasing in the World due to rapid increase in urban population. The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014. This has resulted in rapid urbanisation resulting in a growing number of megacities in the World. By 2030, the world is projected to have 41 mega-cities with 10 million inhabitants or more.

9.3. The term conurbation was coined by Patrick Geddes in 1915 and applies to a large area of urban development that results from the merging or ogirinally separate towns or cities e.g. Greater London.