Chapter 5

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

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

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.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

What is a city?

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

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?

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

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.

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

The distribution of global cities 

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Slide 10 - Video

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.

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Slide 12 - Link

Get to work
Read chapter 5
Make exercises 1, 2, 4a, 4b & 5 of ch5
= homework

Slide 13 - Tekstslide