§2.1: living in the big city (part 1)

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§2.1: Living in the big city

Today

• Starting assignment 
• Explanation §2.1
  
• Assignments workbook
  

A big city

Big difference between the rich and the poor

Lots of people work in factories or in farming

Many shops, offices and schools 

A small city 

Relatively small difference between the rich and the poor

Many people work in shops and in the office 

Relatively few shops, offices and schools 

Similarities

                                            Utrecht      New York 

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Differences

                                          Utrecht      New York 

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Cities: differences and similarities

                                            Utrecht      New York 

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Cities: differences and similarities

                                    Amsterdam      Rio de Janeiro 

Today

• Starting assignment 
• Explanation §2.1
  
• Assignments workbook
  

Learning goals

• You know which four characteristics a city has
  
• You understand the difference between a megacity and a metropolis 
  

New York

Is a 'real' city due to its characteristics:

• Many inhabitants
• Densely built
• Large number of facilities
• Big secondary and tertiary sector 

Sectors

• Primary (agriculture)
  
• Secondary (industry)
  
• Tertiary (services)
  

Primairy sector

Secondary sector

Tertiary sector

tertiary sector

industry

agriculture

services

primary sector

secondary sector

Poor countries 

Developing countries 

Rich countries

Types of cities

• Capital city

Country's administrative centre

• Metropolis (world city)
  

Large city 

Important at world level

• Megacity 

10 million inhabitants

Not a great role in the world

Type of cities 

• Megacities are not always world cities
  
• Metropolises are almost always mega cities

Mumbai: megacity

New York: metropolis 

Tokio: megacity and metropolis  

Megacities 

The number of megacities and cities with more than one million inhabitants (inwoners) will increase (groeien) in the coming years

Today

• Starting assignment 
• Explanation §2.1
  
• Assignments workbook
  

Learning goals

• You know which four characteristics a city has
  
• You understand the difference between a megacity and a metropolis 
  

Working for yourself

• Read §2.1
  
• Make assignment 1, 2 and 3