Unit 2: WRITING
Trends in urbanization
1. Match the phrases with the graphs.
-a. rise/ increase steadily
-b. fall/ decrease sharply
-c. stay the same/ remain stable/ level off
-d. fluctuate
-e. rise/ increase sharply
-f. fall/ decrease steadily
2. Rewrite the sentences.
1. There has been dramatic rise in the migration of young people to big cities.
2. Due to shortages of jobs, the population in rural areas has decreased in the last 10 years.
3. There was an in crease of over 30% in the urbanization rate in Indonesia from 1969 to 2009.
4. The rate of urbanization in South Korea rose sharply during the period between 1969 to 1989.
5. There was a slight decrease in the urbanization rate in this city during the economic crisis in 2008.
3. The line graph below shows the urbanization rate in South Korea and Indonesia. Write a description of the trends in the graph.
The line graph shows the rate of urbanization in two countries, namely Indonesia and South Korea, from the mid-1960s to 2009.
In the mid- 1960s, the rate of urbanization in Indonesia was about 17%, followed by a slight increase of 3% in 1969. Then the rate remained stable at around 20% for a ten-year period from 1969 to 1979. In the next fifteen years, there was a steady rise in the rate of urbanization in this country. From 1995 to 2009, Indonesia’s urbanization rate increased sharply, reaching over 50%.
South Korea’s urbanization rate was about 30% in 1969, roughly 10% higher than that of Indonesia. The rate went up sharply throughout the next thirty-year period to about 82% in 2005, and then levelled off towards 2009.
In conclusion, it is clear that while both countries experienced a growth in their urbanization rate, in South Korea it almost doubled by the end of the period.