Urbanization and Settlement Patterns UNIT 3
WHAT DOES A DEVELOPED COUNTRY NEED TO SURVIVE? Discuss as a group and write at least 5 different “things” Write your answers on the white board You have 2 minutes What do you notice across all of the lists?
Urbanization Moving from a rural to an urban area Most of the migration to cities is occurring in developing countries. cities-rankings-2014-best-cities-job-growth
Global rural population in developed and developing countries URBAN RURAL
Settlement Patterns Dispersed Settlements: Scattering of people over an area Occur in rural areas, mountainous areas, extensive flat lands, rolling hills Linear Settlements: Grouping of houses along a straight line Follow railways, roadways, and along coast lines Nucleated Settlements: grouping of many houses around a center “nucleus” Found at road intersections, focal points of an area, or confluence of a river
Dispersed Settlement Nucleated Settlement Linear Settlement
Population Patterns A population pattern refers to the way in which people are distributed in a given area It can be local, regional, global, or national A population pattern is determined by the resources in an area
Urbanization – migration, emigrate, immigrate Urban Rural
Push- Pull Theory Explains the reasons for immigration
Urbanization
Suburban
RURAL
Answer the following questions: What time period did the majority of the urban growth occur? What caused the urban growth in this region? What economic factors played a role in urban growth? What changes did society experience during the urbanization of this area? Was it a smooth transition? Show two before and after photos, charts, and/or images documenting how the area changed Is the area considered a strong or weak economic region now? Why? What is the quality of life in the region today? What evidence do we have of this? Option #1 - Research an urban area
Option 2 – Urbanization Photo Essay Each photo essay shall include 6-8 photos of growing urbanization in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries Each photo shall have a summary of a minimum of 3 sentences explaining the photo, important dates, locations and other details and/or how the photo represents urbanization Show 3 before and after photos/charts/images, documenting how the area changed Is the area considered a strong of weak region now? Why? What is the quality of life in the region today? What evidence do we have of this?