LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MEGACITIES ALL students will be able to describe what a megacity is and give example from the developing and developed world. (E/D GRADE) MOST students will contrast the economic activities, spatial growth and population of ;2 differing megacities: Mumbai and Los Angeles. (C/B GRADE) SOME students will be able to apply this understanding and knowledge to compare the similarities and differences between megacities in LEDC and MEDC areas ? (A/A* GRADE)

KEY TERMS MEGACITIES Cts wth ppltn vr 10 mlln. SPATIAL GROWTH Ths s hw cty grws n spc vr tm. INFORMAL ECONOMY Jbs tht hv lttl, r n, jb scrty. N tx s pd. FORMAL ECONOMY Jbs wth cntrcts f emplymnt nd mr jb scrty. Ppl py tx. HYPERURBANISATION Whr th rbn ppltn I s grwng s fst tht th cty cn’t cp wth ppl’s nds.

Cities with a population over 10 million. KEY TERMS MEGACITIES Cities with a population over 10 million. SPATIAL GROWTH This is how a city grows in space over time. INFORMAL ECONOMY Jobs that have little, or no, job security. No tax is paid. FORMAL ECONOMY Jobs with contracts of employment and more job security. People pay tax. HYPERURBANISATION Where the urban population is growing so fast that the city can’t cope with people’s needs.

LOCATION OF MEGACITIES TASK: Use an world map to plot the megacities from the bar chart on p254 on a world map. Use one colour for developed world cities, and a second for developing world. Describe what your map shows about the distribution of the world’s megacities. ALL students will be able to describe what a megacity is and give example from the developing and developed world. (E/D GRADE)

P254-255 TASK: DRAW 2 SPIDER DIAGRAMS TO CONTRAST (differences) THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, SPATIAL GROWTH & POPULATION FOR: 1. LOS ANGELES (developed megacity) 2. MUMBAI (developing megacity) MOST students will contrast the economic activities, spatial growth and population of ;2 differing megacities: Mumbai and Los Angeles. (C/B GRADE)

Andrew Marr’s Megacities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwCABmP3uQ 4 economic activities spatial growth population resource consumption London Dhaka Tokyo Shanghai Mexico City Video link to Mega City – May be a good idea to ask students to complete this task as homework. SOME students will be able to apply this understanding and knowledge to compare the similarities and differences between megacities in LEDC and MEDC areas ? (A/A* GRADE)

EXAM QUESTION: USING EXAMPLES, EXPLAIN HOW ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES CAN LEAD TO THE POPULATION GROWTH AND SPATIAL GROWTH OF MEGACITIES (8 MARKS)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MEGACITIES ALL students will be able to describe what a megacity is and give example from the developing and developed world. (E/D GRADE) MOST students will contrast the economic activities, spatial growth and population of ;2 differing megacities: Mumbai and Los Angeles. (C/B GRADE) SOME students will be able to apply this understanding and knowledge to compare the similarities and differences between megacities in LEDC and MEDC areas ? (A/A* GRADE)