Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

Before we start with the FA we will only discuss chapter 5, 7 & 8

Goals chapter 5

• You know what four characteristics a city has.
• You know what three types of cities there are and when it is such a city.
• You know what factors play a role with the distribution of global cities.
• You know what urbanisation and suburbanisation is.

What is a city?

What is a city?

• A city has four characteristics:

1. A certain number of residents (differs by country)
2. A high population density
3. A high building density often with high-rise buildings
4. A wide range of amenities around the city

Types of cities

• Megacity: more than 10 million residents
• Global city/world city: many residents and is an important economic, cultural and political centre for much of the world.
• Capital city: usually the most important city in a country

Types of cities

• What type of city is Amsterdam?
• What type of city is Doetinchem?
• What type of city is Tokyo?
• What type of city is New York?

The distribution of global cities 

• A city’s location is never random. Three factors play a role: 

1. Characteristics of the area in which a city is located.
2. Characteristics of the location in relation to other places.
3. The colonial past.

The distribution of global cities 

Urbanisation

• Urbanisation has two causes:

1. Migration from the countryside to the city --> rise of industrialisation.
2. Natural population growth.

• Suburbanisation is the urbanisation of the countryside around a central city --> suburbs & commuting

Task

• Pick a random city in the Netherlands
• Use the website: https://www.topotijdreis.nl/
• Write down how you notice urbanisation & suburbanisation throughout the years.
• Write down what you see and in what year.

www.topotijdreis.nl

Get to work

Read chapter 5

Make exercises 1, 2, 4a, 4b & 5 of ch5

= homework