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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF THE EFFECTS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS CITY CAIRO, EGYPT - AFTER WW2 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

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