1. Growth of Urban Areas

3. Rank-Size Rule
Defined: the country’s nth-largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement
In other words – the second largest city is ½ the size of the largest

4. Rank-Size Rule Name Population 1 Charlotte 630,478 2 Raleigh 356,321 3
Name
Population 1
Charlotte
630,478 2
Raleigh
356,321 3
Greensboro
236,865 4
Durham
209,009 5
Winston-Salem
196,990 6
Fayetteville
168,033 7
Cary
112,414 8
High Point
97,796 9
Wilmington
95,944 10
Asheville
72,789 11
Greenville
72,052 12
Gastonia
69,904 13
Jacksonville
69,688

5. Rank-Size Rule Rank Name Population 1 New York 8,143,197 2 Los Angeles
3,844,829 3
Chicago
2,842,518 4
Houston
2,016,582 5
Philadelphia
1,463,281 6
Phoenix
1,461,575 7
San Antonio 1,

6. China Canada Shanghai 11,740,500 Toronto 5,132,794 Beijing 9,019,600
Montreal
3,407,963
Hong Kong
6,780,000
Vancouver
2,135,201
Chongqing
6,176,600
Calgary
1,095,404
Tianjin
5,481,000
Edmonton
960,015
Nanjing
4,563,400
Ottawa–Gatineau
933,596
Quebec City
696,946

7. Primate City
The leading city of a country. The city is disproportionately larger than the rest of the cities in the country. (Some books define as – The largest city…)
For example: London, UK
Mexico City, Mexico
Paris, France
- the rank-size rule does not work for a
country with a primate city

8. Cities of Mexico 1 Mexico City 8,841,916 2 Ecatepec de Morelos
1,734,701 3
Tijuana
1,590,420 4
Puebla
1,590,256 5
Guadalajara
1,564,514 6
Ciudad Juárez
1,407,849 7
León
1,397,446 8
Zapopan
1,260,381 9
Monterrey
1,138,711

9. Primate City
These cities tend to represent the perceived culture of the country.

10. World Urban Dwellers

11. World Maps of Urban Pop. Knox, 394,395 39.7 58.9 7.9 39.9 49.7 17.2
% of total Pop. in Urban Areas
% of Urban pop. In cities of less than 500,000
& of Urban pop in cities of 5 mil or more
Africa
39.7
58.9
7.9
Asia
39.9
49.7
17.2
L. America
77.6
48.0
20.6
N. America
80.8
37.5
20.5
Europe
73.3
63.3
8.5
Oceania
41.7
0.0
World
49.2
51.37
15.3

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13. What term did the United Nations first coin in the 1970s for cities that had more than 10 million inhabitants?
Megalopolis
World Cities
Megacities
Urban Influence Zones
Primate Cities

14. What term did the United Nations first coin in the 1970s for cities that had more than 10 million inhabitants?
Megalopolis
World Cities
Megacities
Urban Influence Zones
Primate Cities

15. World Cities

16. Megacities
Large cities characterized by both primacy and a high degree of centrality within their national economy – population of 10 million+
UN anticipates by 2015 – 22 cities of 10 mil.+
With some cities at 25 mil.+
Fastest growing cities are not in core regions
Map of megacities- Fellman, 370

18. Largest Cities Ten Most Populous in A.D. 1975 1. Tokyo 19.8 million
2. New York million
3. Shanghai million
4. México million
5. São Paulo million
6. Osaka million
7. Buenos Aires million
8. Los Angeles million
9. Paris million
10. Beijing million
Source: U.N., 2001
* Note that five of these cities are in the Core or more developed world. 18

19. Ten Most Populous Today
Megacities
Ten Most Populous Today 19

20. Largest Cities Ten Most Populous by A.D. 2015 1. Tokyo 28.7 million
2. Bombay million
3. Lagos million
4. Shanghai million
5. Jakarta million
6. São Paulo million
7. Karachi million
8. Beijing million
9. Dhaka, Bangladesh million
10. México million
Source: U.N., 2001
* Note that only one of these cities is in the Core of the more developed world! 20

21. Skyscrapers Why build up? Why copy Western model?
Where are the world’s tallest buildings?
Skyscrapers 21

22. Megacities and world cities experience political, economic, social and environmental challenges

23. Overurbanization – cities grow more rapidly than the jobs and housing they can sustain. Leading to
Instant slums, open sewers, no basic utilities
Squatter settlements-
Chile – callampas (mushroom cities)
Turkey – gecekondu (built after dusk and before dawn)
India – bustees
Tunisia – gourbevilles
Brazil – favelas (a wildflower that live on the hillsides over Brazil)
Argentina – villas miserias
Peru - barriadas
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 80% of pop. are homeless or live in unfit housing

26. Map Analysis: Purpose of City