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Unit 6 Overview
"Unit 6 addresses the origins and influences, particularly site and situation, of urban settlements as students explore cities across the world and the role of those cities in globalization. They examine the spatial distribution of the world’s largest cities, comparing them across regions and analyzing patterns of connectivity and accessibility. Within cities, students identify patterns of development and make inferences about their economic and political influences at regional, national, and international levels of scale. Students examine the hierarchy of urban settlements on the landscape, applying the rank-size rule and central place theory at regional and national scales to evaluate mobility patterns and economic and political relationships. Statistics such as census data are used to reveal the challenges of urban places, including density, sprawl, demands of infrastructure, and mobility.
Students examine patterns of change over time and modern challenges to sustainability from urban growth. On both local and global scales, they look at the ways that cities are improving sustainability through new approaches to growth, such as mixed-landuse zoning, smart growth policies, and public transportation–oriented development at local and international scales. "
Cities at Night
Unit 6 CED Topics
Unit 6 CED Topics
6.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization
6.2 Cities Across the World
6.3 Cities and Globalization
6.4 The Size and Distribution of Cities
6.5 The Internal Structure of Cities
6.6 Density and Land Use
6.7 Infrastructure
6.8 Urban Sustainability
6.9 Urban Data
6.10 Challenges of Urban Changes
6.11 Challenges of Urban Sustainability
Unit 6 CED skills
Unit 6 CED skills
Concepts + Processes
1.E Explain the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of different geographic models and theories in a specified context.
Spatial Relationships
2.C Explain a likely outcome in a geographic scenario using geographic concepts, processes, models, and theories.
2.D Explain the significance of geographic similarities and differences among different locations and/or at different times.
Data Analysis
3.C Explain patterns and trends in maps and in quantitative and geospatial data to draw conclusions.
3.D Compare patterns and trends in maps and in quantitative and geospatial data to draw conclusions.
3.E Explain what maps or data imply or illustrate about geographic principles, processes, and outcomes
Source Analysis
4.E Explain how maps, images, and landscapes illustrate or relate to geographic principles, processes, and outcomes.
Scale Analysis
5.B Explain spatial relationships across various geographic scales using geographic concepts, processes, models, or theories.
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