CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF URBANISATION

We are learning to understand how and why our world has become more urbanised.

I can:

define key terms such as urban, urbanisation, population distribution and population density.
explain how our world has become more urban.
analyse geographical tools (such as graphs) and use to explain geographical concepts.

WATCH: Urbanisation and the future of cities

COMPLETE the following questions:

What percentage of the human population lived in cities 100 years ago?
What led to the development of the first semi-permanent settlements?
What technological developments resulted from the desire to trade with neighbouring communities?
Why were people initially drawn to cities?
Discuss the importance of improvements in farming techniques to the development of cities.
Experts predict our global population will reach around 10 billion people around 2050. Approximately 7 billion of those people will be living in cities. What are some of the opportunities and challenges that cities will face as the population increases?

COMPLETE the following questions:

What information is represented by the graph (FIGURE 1)?
From 1960 to 2020, which region of the world has had the highest % of people living in urban areas?
In 1960, less than 20% of Africa's population lived in urban areas. What % of Africa's population is projected to live in urban areas by 2040?

READ: UN: How has the world's urban population changed from 1950 to 2020?

COMPLETE the following questions:

What % of the global population now lives in cities?
Where in the world are urban populations growing the fastest?
In 1950, what % of the Asian population lived in cities? How does this compare to today?
In 2020, what % of Northern America's population lived in urban areas?
Write a P-E-E-L paragraph:

Describe the pattern of urbanisation between 1950 and 2020.

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