Worksheet 16 D2

a)Is the following chart based on the questions we had:

Continent belonging Country: % Urban Average % Urban
to: Population: population:
North America Canada 80,43% 20,27%
United States of 80,11%
America
South America Argentina 90,14% 86,605%
Brazil 83,07%
Europe Denmark 85,34% 72,16%
Croatia 58,98%
Asia Indonesia 45,61% 68,625%
Israel 91,64%
Africa Ethiopia 15,61% 21,065%
Madagascar 26,52%
Oceania New Zealand 85,85% 68,785%
Fiji 51,72%

 1. Which continent has the highest average urban population?

South America
 2. Which continent has the lowest average urban population?
Africa

b) Which country in each continent will have the lowest growth rate of urban
population between 2003 and 2030? N America: USA, S America: Argentina, Europe:
Denmark, Asia: Israel, Africa: Ethiopia, Oceania: New Zealand

c) Which country in each continent will have the highest growth rate of urban
population between 2003 and 2030? N America: Canada, S America: Brazil, Europe:
Croatia, Asia: Indonesia, Africa: Madagascar, Oceania: Fiji

d) List the problems that you think could be connected to rapid urban growth in an
LEDC: ON THE WORKSHEET CHECKED 23 03 2010

Karageorgiou Kimonas