1. 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)

2. 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
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s grwng s fst tht th cty cn’t cp wth ppl’s nds.

3. 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.

4. 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)

5. P 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)

6. 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)

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

8. 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)