1. Coursework based on this module
Urban environments
IB Optional Unit
IB Study guide pages
Coursework based on this module
60 hours of teaching time
Look at the specification for how much emphasis you should place on each section.

2. Urban populations Lesson Objectives; Define key terms.
Explain the processes of centripetal movement.

3. Brainstorm these keywords!
Urbanisation
Urban sprawl
Suburb
Suburbanisation
Counter-urbanisation
Re-urbanisation

4. Top 20 cities by population
1. Tokyo, Japan - 32,450, Seóul, South Korea - 20,550, Mexico City, Mexico - 20,450, New York City, USA - 19,750, Mumbai, India - 19,200, Jakarta, Indonesia - 18,900, Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 18,850, Delhi, India - 18,680, Õsaka/Kobe, Japan - 17,350, Shanghai, China - 16,650,000
11. Manila, Philippines - 16,300, Los Angeles, USA - 15,250, Calcutta, India - 15,100, Moscow, Russian Fed. - 15,000, Cairo, Egypt - 14,450, Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 13,170, London, United Kingdom - 12,875, Beijing, China - 12,500, Karachi, Pakistan - 11,800,000
Lima
Kinshasa

5. Task 1 Label these cities on your map. Don’t forget your map title!
Do you notice any patterns?
Can you explain these patterns?

7. Top 22 most populated cities
Moscow
London
Shanghai
L.A
Tokyo
Cairoi
Beijing
New York
Delhi
Kobe
Karachi
Calcutta
Mumbai
Manila
Mexico City
Lagos
Jakarta
Kinshasa
Lima
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires

8. Over the last 60 years, the proportion of people living in urban areas has been increasing rapidly. Just recently, it has been suggested that over half of the world’s population live in urban areas. However, the rate of growth varies and there must be reasons for this.

9. 10 biggest cities in 1900. How does this compare to now?
London, United Kingdom 6,480,000 people          
New York, United States 4,242,000 people          
Paris, France 3,330,000 people          
Berlin, Germany 2,707,000 people          
Chicago, United States 1,717,000 people          
Vienna, Austria 1,698,000 people          
Tokyo, Japan 1,497,000 people          
St. Petersburg, Russia 1,439,000 people          
Manchester, United Kingdom 1,435,000 people          
Philadelphia, United States 1,418,000 people          

10.
TASK 2 Complete this table using the weblink on Lionel ‘Patterns of Urban Growth’
% living in urban areas
Key patterns e.g. size, location, number of major cities, continents, latitudes, level of development
Reasons for the pattern

11. What are the reasons for this?
Almost 50% of the worlds population lives in urban areas.
19% live in cities where the population exceeds 1 million people.
Global scale rapid urbanisation has occurred over the last 50 years.
Most urbanised continents are Europe, North America, South America Oceania (the ‘developed’ world).
However, there are more urban dwellers in Asia (40% of population=1.4 billion)
Also urbanisation is most rapidly increasing in Africa and Asia. By 2025 almost half the population of them will live in urban areas and 80% of all urban dwellers will live in developing countries.
So , although MEDCs have more cities, more people actually live in cities in the developing world and this is continuing to rise.
What are the reasons for this?

12. task Define these key words; Millionaire cities Megacities
World cities
Now make notes using the handout to explain the pattern we see on slide 10.