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1 Urban Land Use

2 Note- Key Terms Urban: A built up area- any city with a population of 10,000 people or more. Rural: Rural areas with small settlements of less than 10,000 people e.g. hamlets and villages. Rural areas maybe farmland, forest, desert or savanna depending on where you are in the world. Which would you prefer to live in? why? (1:47) ‘10 Of The World's Most Remote Towns’

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4 Mexico City Urban

5 Land Use and Zoning Governments use Urban planners to decide on appropriate land use in a city or geographical region Types of Land Use (in most areas): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Can you guess what these 7 uses are? Think- how is land used where we live?

6 Note- Land Use and Zoning
Governments use Urban planners to decide on appropriate land use in a city or geographical region Types of Land Use (in most areas): Residential Commercial Industrial Recreation Transportation Agriculture

7 Note- Land Use and Zoning
Builders need permits from the government to build on land Governments are reluctant to rezone areas of land Canterbury Common Gold Course in-fill My old home town Impact on the home owners? (2:30) ‘Weaverville Neighborhood Fights Zoning Changes’

8 Atlas work- World Cities (pg.36-37)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 54% of people lived in cities in What was the estimate for 2010? What does this indicate? What kind of jobs do people do in Urban areas? What areas of the world have the lowest Urban populations? What % ? How many cities of over 10 million people did each continent have in 2007? What is the predication for each continent for 2025? Which area of the world has the highest Urban population? What % ? With people moving to cities, what strain does this put on the food systems of countries? Brainstorm a list of 5 ideas.

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10 Task: Make an Urban model of Puerto Vallarta
Go to google maps and search for Puerto Vallarta Zoom in /out until you can see all the land use of Puerto Vallarta Zoom in and out as needed to identify what areas are used for what Construct a map something like the Hoyt model but with the basic Geography of Puerto Vallarta On google classroom

11 Task: Make an Urban model of Puerto Vallarta
Include the following land use areas: Residential (high, medium & low income areas) Commercial Industrial Recreation Agriculture Institutional

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