(a)(i) Describe four classes of towns based on their functions. (ii) Give one example of each of the described in (a)( i) above.
(b) Explain four ways in which rural and urban areas are interdependent.
Explanation
(a)(i) Classes of towns based on functions:
(1) Resort towns: places of interest where people can visit (2) Royal towns: traditional centres for monarchs
(3) Satellite towns: well planned urban centres, (4) Port towns; landing places for ships
(5) Administrative towns: they are headquarters of governments, capitals or centres of local governments, regional or national headquarters
(6) Commercial towns: these are centres of commercial or financial activities where trade is the primary activity. Institutions also exist for banking, insurance,
(7) Industrial towns: these are towns whose economy are primarily based on industrial processing of raw materials into finished products. visited by pilgrims irons
(8) Educational towns: These are towns in which arc found world renowned universities and colleges of higher leaning special historical and religious towns that are frequently of minerals.
(9) Religious towns: these are towns known/noted for mining for local goods, several parts of this world.
(10) Mining towns: these are towns that are known/noted for mining of minerals.
(11) Market towns: These are centres for exchange collection and distribution centres for local goods.
(ii) Example of towns: (1) Administrative towns: Abuja, Accra, London, Geneva, Monrovia, etc. (2 ) Commercial towns: London, New York, Zurich , Lagos, Accra.
Industrial towns: Manchester, Lagos, Ruhr, Pittsburg, Tema, Dakar, etc. (3) Religious towns: :Jerusalem, Mecca, Rome, Canterbury, Banaras, etc. (4) Mining towns: Jos, Enugu, Obuasi, Newcastle, Tarkwa, Johannesburg, etc.
(5) Market towns: Kano, Techiman. Norwich, etc,
(6) Resort Miami, Brighton, Ikogosi, etc.
(7) Royal towns: London, Ito, Sokoto, Benin, etc
(8) Satellite towns: Nyayan, Ojo, Festac, Crawley etc.
(9) Port towns: Apapa, Tema. Hamburg, Southampton, Hongkong, etc.
(10) Educational towns: Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Cape Coast. Ibadan, etc.
(b) Ways in which rural and urban areas are interdependent.: (i) Rural areas provide agricultural material to the urban areas. The urban centres in turn supply manufactured goods to the rural areas. (ii) Rural areas supply foodstuff to the urban areas.
(iii) Urban areas supply farm inputs — fertilizers, cutlass. etc:. to the rural areas. (iv) Urban areas are markets where agricultural products from rural areas are sold
(v) provide higher educational facilities to rural areas. (vi) Urban areas provide higher order of services to II rural areas.
(vii) Urban areas provide social amenities like pipe-borne water and electricity to rural areas
(viii) Medicinal herbs from the rural areas are utilized in urban areas. (ix) Rural areas obtain financial service, from the urban areas.
(x) Rural areas provide unskilled labour to urban centres. (xi) Urban areas serve administrative centres for rural areas. (xii) Urban areas disseminate ideas and innovation to rural areas
(xiii) Rural areas provide retreats for retirees (xiv) Rural areas are custodians of culture and traditions urban centres. (xv) Urban areas provide recreational facilities for rural areas.
(xvi) Rural areas provide tourist sites for urban areas