2.1 + 2.2 Living in the big city and The spread of metropolises

Today
Explanation 2.1 (15 min.)

Work on assignment 2.2 (10 min.)

Check assignment 2.2 (5 min.)

Skills: calculating scale (15 min.)

Instruction assignment (for a grade) (10 min.)

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Today
Explanation 2.1 (15 min.)

Work on assignment 2.2 (10 min.)

Check assignment 2.2 (5 min.)

Skills: calculating scale (15 min.)

Instruction assignment (for a grade) (10 min.)

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What we don't want
What we do want

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Learning objectives
  • You know which four characteristics a city has.
  • You understand the difference between a megacity and a metropolis.
  • You can describe how life in a megacity differs from that in a metropolis.

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What is a city?

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What is a city?
  1. A certain number of inhabitants
  2. Densely built
  3. Working population in the secondary or tertiary sector
  4. Large number of facilities

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Megacity
Metropolis

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The number of megacities and cities with more than one million inhabitants will increase in the coming years.

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Megacity
" City with more than ten million inhabitants."
Metropolis
"Large, often western city which plays a significant role in part of the world with regards to economy, politics and culture."
  1. Most are in the periphery or semi-periphery.
  2. They do not play a major role in world politics.
  3. They form important nodes in the global urban network.
  4. The major changes on the world stage come from here.

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Megacity
" City with more than ten million inhabitants."
  • Most are in the periphery or semi-periphery.
  • They do not play a major role in world politics.
Metropolis
"Large, often western city which plays a significant role in part of the world with regards to economy, politics and culture."
  • They form important nodes in the global urban network.
  • The major changes on the world stage come from here.

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To make it more complex..
Megacity = City with more than ten million inhabitants.
Metropolis = Large, often western city which plays a significant role in part of the world with regards to economy, politics and culture. E.g.: London, New York and Tokyo.

Capital city = Most important city in a country usually housing the government.
Primate city = A city that, based on the number of inhabitants and its
functions, is much larger and more important than the second city in the country.

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Check: Learning objectives
  • You know which four characteristics a city has.
  • You understand the difference between a megacity and a metropolis.
  • You can describe how life in a megacity differs from that in a metropolis.

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Learning objectives
  • You know the factors that influence the location of cities.
  • You understand the difference in urbanisation rate between rich countries and LEDC.
  • You can explain the relationship between degree of urbanisation, urbanisation rate and prosperity.

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Get to work
Make groups of two.
  1. Read 'How can you explain the distribution of cities' on page 34.
  2. Read 'How does the urban pattern change?' on page 35.

Then tell each other in your own words about what you've just read.
  1. Answer the question: What difference is there in urbanisation rate between rich countries and LEDC?
  2. Answer the question: Which factors influence the location of a city and in what way?

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Check: Learning objectives
  • You know the factors that influence the location of cities.
  • You understand the difference in urbanisation rate between rich countries and LEDC.
  • You can explain the relationship between degree of urbanisation, urbanisation rate and prosperity.

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Skills: calculating scale
Assignment 1, 2 and 3 on page 36 in the workbook.

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Small practical assignment

Submit in SOM no later than December 10.

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Homework
Make the following assignments from the workbook:
2.1 - 2, 3 + 5
2.2 - 2 + 6

Work on your practical assignment.

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