1. GEOGRAPHY – SL/HL OPTION #1
URBAN SETTLEMENTS
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2. Name the 26 cities on the map
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3. URBANIZATION TRENDS AND PATTERNS
1. Describe and explain the trends
of urbanization
2. Describe and explain the patterns
of urbanization
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4. INWARD AND OUTWARD MOVEMENTS
CENTRIPETAL (INWARD) MOVEMENTS: CENTRIFUGAL (OUTWARD) MOVEMENTS:
• Rural-urban migration: • Sub-urbanization:
• Gentrification (use the term “Brownfield Site” in • Counter-Urbanization:
definition of gentrification):
• Urban Sprawl:
• Re-urbanization / Urban renewal:
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5. Beijing Brownfield Site (Chelsea, NY)
Identify the centripetal movements shown
Hayes Valley (San Francisco) Barcelona San Francisco Embarcadero
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6. Mexico City
Walnut Creek
Identify the centrifugal movements shown
Toronto
Les Alluets le Roi (near Paris, France)
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7. Identify the movement shown on these documents
Las Vegas 1973 / 1992
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8. Urbanization of the Bay Area (1850-2000)
1. Define an urban settlement made of various cities coalescing together
2. Name a similar example outside of California
3. Explain how the Bay Area is a multi-nuclei urban settlement
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9. MEGALOPOLISES
1. Define a megalopolis
2. Locate the three main megalopolises on this map
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10. Explain how a megalopolis is different
from a conurbation
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11. Wealth Sexual orientation
URBAN VILLAGES Sense of security / Gated community
“Ethnic” origin
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12. Megacities 2015 (UN Projections)
1. Define “megacity”?
2. Identify where most megacities are located today
3. Where can those statistics most unreliable? Explain
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13. Measure of the quality of life in megacities
% of children in secondary school
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000)
% houses with electricity/water
Traffic flow at rush hour (mph)
Murders per 100,000 people
Telephones per 100 people
% income spent on food
Quality of life score
Noise Level (1-10)
Persons per room
Population
Megacity
Tokyo 35 1.4 18 0.9 100% 44 97% 5 4 28.0 81
Mexico City 19.4 27.8 41 1.9 94% 6 62% 36 6 8.0 38
New York 17.4 12.8 16 0.5 99% 56 95% 10 8 8.7 70
Sao Paulo 17.2 26.0 50 0.8 100% 16 67% 37 6 15.0 50
Osaka 16.8 1.7 18 0.6 98% 42 97% 5 4 22.4 81
Seoul 15.8 1.2 34 2.0 100% 22 90% 12 7 13.8 58
Moscow 13.2 7.0 33 1.3 100% 39 100% 20 6 31.5 64
Mumbai 12.9 3.2 57 4.2 85% 5 49% 59 5 10.4 35
Calcutta 12.8 1.1 60 3.0 57% 2 49% 46 4 13.3 34
Buenos Aires 12.4 7.6 40 1.3 86% 14 51% 51 3 29.8 55
1. Name the 3 largest projected megacities for 2025
2. Name the 3 megacities with the fastest growth
Rate of growth of Megacities 1950-2025 ->
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14. TOKYO: A MULTI-NUCLEI MEGACITY OF 30 MILLION PEOPLE
IKEKUBORO
Offices
SHINJUKU AKASAKA
Government, shopping, entertainment Imperial Palace
ASAKUSA
Shopping, entertainment
MARUNOCHI
SHIBUYA
Financial district
Shopping, clubs, bars
ROPPONGI GINZA
Offices, education Shopping, Entertainment
Port/trade area
Explain why Tôkyô has several nuclei
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15. Capsule hotel in Tokyo Los Angeles
Identify common problems of megacities
Paraisópolis vs Morumbi (São Paulo, Brazil) Beijing
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