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§2.4: Megacity, city in a growth crisis 
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§2.4: Megacity, city in a growth crisis 

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Today
  • Explanation § 2.4 
  • Assignments workbook 

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

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
  • You know the most important reasons for the living and working problems in a megacity

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

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


Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Megacity in a poor country 
  •  The urbanisation rate  in Africa is 11 times as high as in Europe

What is a consequence of this? 

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Explain the difference between urbanisation rate and the degree of urbanisation

Slide 7 - Open vraag

Growing slums
Factors that influence the formation of slums:
  • Low economical development 
  • High urbanisation rate






Slide 8 - Tekstslide

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 

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Megacities in Africa: 2030
  • Johannesburg, Dar es Salaam en Luanda will also have more than 10 million in habitants


Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Newest slums

  • Built from tin, cardboard and wood
  • No facilities 
  • On the outskirts of the city 
Older slums 

  • Government provides basic facilities: road, sewers and electricity
  • Residents can renovate their homes 
  • Become working-class neighborhoods that are (finally) part of the city 

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Newest slum
Older slum 

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Development of slums
Phase 1: Newest slum
Phase 2: We can stay!
Phase 3: Let's build
Phase 4: High, higher, highest
Phase 5: Slum becomes a middle-class neighborhood
Phase 6: Becomes a part of the city 

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Older slums
Newest slums 
Built from tin, cardboard and wood
No facilities 
On the outskirt of the city 
Has roads, sewers and electricity  
Renovated homes 
Became middle-class neighborhoods 

Slide 14 - Sleepvraag

Dhaka - Bangladesh
  • Watch the video about Dhaka
  • Write down which problems there are in the city Dhaka 

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Slide 16 - Link

Which problems does the megacity have?

Slide 17 - Woordweb

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Slide 20 - Tekstslide

Working in a megacity in a less economically developed country 

  • Formal sector 
  • Informal sector

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

Explain the difference between the formal sector and the informal sector

Slide 22 - Open vraag

The informal sector is...
.... the lubricating oil (smeerolie) of the urban economy
.... the springboard (springplank) to a better future 


Why are both statements true?  

Slide 23 - Tekstslide

Today
  • Videoclip 
  • Explanation § 2.4 
  • Assignments workbook 

Slide 24 - Tekstslide

Start homework
  • Make §2.4: assignment 1, 2, 4 and 7 
  • Finished? maken assignment 6

Slide 25 - Tekstslide