Urbanization & Overpopulation BY JASON COUGHLIN, KEVIN TRAVERS, AND LIA DOMENICK

What is Urbanization? Urbanization is the increasing number of people living in urban areas Urban Areas are areas where a lot of people live They have many man-made structures in them

Urbanization in Africa In Africa, the rate of Urbanization is increasing Slower rate HIV & Aids Industrialization Modernization

Urban Population Trend In Africa

The Effects of Urbanization in Africa Positive: Increased standard of living Educational facilities High employment rates Negative: Overpopulation Cost of living Pollution problems

Cities That Deal with Urbanization Libya - Has highest rate of Urban population (88%) Tunisia - Has high rate of Urban population (66%) South Africa - Has almost same rate as Tunisia (58%) Equatorial Guinea - Almost half of Guinea has an Urban population (49%) The percent of people listed is the amount of people living in Urban areas

What is Overpopulation? Overpopulation is when the population of an area exceeds the capacity of the area Caused by better medicine, more births, people living longer, loss of resources Less space for people to live Spending more money

Overpopulation in Africa Over population is caused from women not being able to plan their families Many women have high fertility rates Average Niger woman has 7.5 children Death rate has gone down 200 million Africans are between the ages of 15-24

The Effects of Overpopulation in Africa More than half of the population in some states is under 25 By 2060 there will be 2.8 billion people living in Africa Sub-Saharan Africa created a demographic

Cities That Deal with Overpopulation Cairo Egypt Lagos Nigeria Kinshasa Democratic Rep. Of Congo Luanda Angola Alexandria Egypt Abidjan Ivory Coast Johannesburg South Africa Nairobi Kenya Cape Town South Africa Kano Nigeria