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§2.4: Megacity, city in a growth crisis 

Today

• Google Earth assignment 
• Recap 2.1 - 2.3 


• Start 2.4 

Google Earth assignment  

Deadline: Thursday, January 13, before 09:00 

• Take a good look at the rubrics
• Saving the assignment 

Saving and handing in 

Today

• Google Earth assignment 
• Recap 2.1 - 2.3 


• Start 2.4 

Which pair (tweetal) can write down the
most words/terms related to
the 'American city'?

Which pair can explain the difference between 'urbanisation rate' and
'degree of urbanisation' best?

Which pair can write down the most words
related to the term 'megacity'?

Today

• Google Earth assignment 
• Recap 2.1 - 2.3 


• Start 2.4 

Learning goals 

• You understand how the degree of economical development and the urbanisation rate influence the formation of slums 
• You can explain with a map or photo how a slum changes

Megacity in a poor country 

• In 1990, 2.3 billion people lived in cities, now its more than 4 billion
• Growth mainly in the periphery and semi-periphery

Megacity in a poor country 

•  The urbanisation rate  in Africa is 11 times as high as in Europe

What is a consequence of this? 

Megacity in a poor country 

•  The urbanisation rate  in Africa is 11 times as high as in Europe

What is a consequence of this? 

More than half of the city population lives in slums

Growing slums

Factors that influence the formation of slums:

• Low economical development 
• High urbanisation rate

Megacities in Africa: 2018 

• Lagos: fastest growing city in Africa 
• Urbanisation rate Lagos: 5.8% (Netherlands: 0.70%)
• Almost 60% of the people in Lagos live in slums 

Megacities in Africa: 2030

• Johannesburg, Dar es Salaam en Luanda will also have more than 10 million in habitants

lab.nos.nl

Read the stories of Bisi, Hosea, Ozzy en Kom

Answer the following questions : 

• How does life in Lagos look like? (think about work, living conditions etc.)
• How does life in Lagos differ between Bisi and Ozzy?
• How does life  in Lagos differ from life in Hilversum?