AP Human Geography & Civics & Government - Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes (Chapter 13)

AP Human Geography & Civics & Government

Unit 6:Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes

(Chapter 12 & 13)

Comparing the Sizes of the World’s Largest Major CitiesThis size comparison of cities from around the world gives a clear sense of just how different these population hubs are in terms of density.

Animated Map: The 20 Most Populous Cities in the World by 2100This animation shows big changes in the world's most populous cities over the next 80+ years. Africa alone will hold 13 cities bigger than NYC by this time.

How Remote Work Is Reshaping America’s Urban GeographySmaller cities and communities are turning into “Zoom towns” and competing with coastal hubs as workers move to find more space and lower costs.

Watching a real urban planner play SimCity is incredibly satisfying“I’m going to give everybody the black lung!”

60 Years of Urban Change: NortheastVisit the post for more.

Drive & ListenListen to local radio stations while driving through the cities around the world. Istanbul, Berlin, London, Paris, New York City and many more

Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of citiesWhat do communities on the social, economic and environmental margins have in common? For one thing, they tend to be on the east sides of cities. In this short talk about a surprising insight, anthropologist and venture capitalist Stephen DeBerry explains how both environmental and man-made factors have led to disparity by design in cities from East Palo Alto, California to East Jerusalem and beyond -- and suggests some elegant solutions to fix it.

Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?Highways radically reshaped cities, destroying dense downtown neighborhoods. Now, some cities are starting to take them down.

The Plans for the World’s Next Largest City Are IncompleteDelhi is growing far beyond the formal confines of the city, a case study in the complexity of what we call urbanization.

City Guesser - Can you guess what city you're in?

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