Urbanisation and Development and Global Interdependence
What you must know
Urbanisation is the rising share of people living in towns and cities. Nassau and Freeport are the main urban centres; growth brings opportunities (jobs, services) and problems (housing pressure, traffic, waste, informal settlement). Development means improvement in living standards, measured by economic indicators (GDP per capita, employment structure) and social ones (literacy, life expectancy, HDI).
Concepts to master
Rural-to-urban migration, urban sprawl, land use zones, congestion, sanitation, and sustainable urban planning. For interdependence: trade, imports and exports, balance of trade, aid, debt, multinational companies, globalisation, and the effects of a single-industry economy. Link tourism dependence to vulnerability.
Traps in questions
Do not equate urbanisation with more people overall - it is a change in proportion. Do not treat development as purely economic. In interdependence answers, show two-way effects: what The Bahamas gains and what it risks.
Rule of thumb
For urban problems, pair each problem with a specific solution: congestion → public transport and park-and-ride; waste → recycling and landfill management; housing → planned affordable schemes. Naming the measure is what earns the mark.