§2.2: the spread of metropolises - part 2

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

§2.2: the spread of metropolises

Today

• Recap §2.2 - part 1
  
• Explanation §2.2
  
• Working for yourself 

Megacity

Worldcity 

Capital

Primate City

City with more than 10 million inhabitants 

Mostly located in Asia 

Lots of inhabitants and a big influence on the world

New York, Tokyo, Londen and Paris.

Where the country's politics is located 

Madrid 

A super big city, way bigger than the second largest city in the country 

Mexico City and Paris 

What is an 'urban network' and where do you find these?

Which three factors play a role in the distribution of cities?

Today

• Recap §2.2 - part 1
  
• Explanation §2.2
  
• Working for yourself 

Learning goals

• You understand the difference in urbanisation rate between rich countries and LEDC (less economically developed countries).
  
• You can explain the relationship between degree of urbanisation rate and prosperity (welvaart).
  

Urbanisation

• Degree of urbanisation = urbanisatiegraad
  
• Urbanisation rate = urbanisatietempo 
  

Degree of urbanization 

What does this colour say about Argentina?

Degree of urbanization 

Argentina: more than 75% of the population lives in the cities 

Degree of urbanisation

• Urbanisatiegraad 
  
• Percentage of the population living in cities 
  

What is the relationship between the degree of urbanisation and prosperity (welvaart)?

Degree of urbanisation

• Rich countries have a high degree of urbanisation 
• Poor countries have low degree of urbanisation

The higher the degree of urbanisation, the slower the urban population increases

Urbanisation rate

• Urbanisatie tempo
  
• The annual (jaarlijkse) urbanisation growth, in percentages
  
• How many persons move to the cities (in percentages)?
  

Urbanisation = movement from people from rural areas (countryside) to urban areas (cities)

Urbanisation rate

Europe's degree of urbanisation is high

What does this say about the urbanisation rate?

Urbanisation rate

Europe's degree of urbanisation is high

What does this say about the urbanisation rate? is low 

Rich countries

• High degree of urbanisation
• Low urbanisation rate

Developing/

poor countries

• Low degree of urbanisation 
• High urbanisation rate 

Growth in Africa 

Growth in Africa 

• Settlement surplus (vestigingsoverschot) = the positive difference between the number of people moving to and leaving an area
• Natural population growth = the number of births is larger than the number of deaths

Learning goals

• You understand the difference in urbanisation rate between rich countries and LEDC (less economically developed countries).
  
• You can explain the relationship between degree of urbanisation rate and prosperity (welvaart).
  

Today

• Recap §2.2 - part 1
  
• Explanation §2.2
  
• Working for yourself 

Working for yourself 

• Read §2.2
• Make assignment 4, 5, 6 and 7 

Done? make a summary of §2.1 and §2.2