4.- How have cities and towns grown?
1.- Define the following
concepts:
●
Urban population REFERS TO THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CITIES.
●
Town HAS LESS OF 50.000 INHABITANTS.
●
Medium-sized city HAS LESS OF
500.000 INHABITANTS.
●
Megacity HAS MORE THAN 10 MILLION
INHABITANTS.
●
Metropolitan area REFERS TO A LARGE
CITY OR METROPOLIS AND ITS SURROUNDING URBAN AREAS. THIS INCLUDES OUTLYING
TOWNS AND SUBURBS THAT DEPEND ON THE CITY FOR WORK AND SERVICES.
●
Conurbation IS FORMED WHEN THE
METROPOLITAN AREAS OF TWO OR MORE
CITIES MEET EACH OTHER.
●
Megalopolis IS FORMED WHEN SEVERAL
CONURBATIONS MEET. THESE ARE HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES LONG.
2.- Give examples for the following types of
cities:
●
Two
metropolitan areas in Europe: PARIS AND VIENA.
●
Two
metropolitan areas in Spain: MADRID
AND BARCELONA.
●
Two
conurbations in Europe AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM
AND THE HAGUE IN HOLLAND.
● Two
conurbations in Spain: CONURBATION SANTA
CRUZ DE TENERIFE-LA LAGUNA
●
Three
megalopolis in the world: NEW YORK, TOKIO
AND LONDON
●
The
largest city in the world: TOKIO
5.- What is the world´s urban network?
1.- Find the correct concept for the following
sentences:
●
CITIES are the political, economic, cultural,
communications and transport centres for large areas.
●
Cities
are related to other cities and form an URBAN
NETWORK.
●
Life
on the planet is organised through this NETWORK.
●
Not
all cities have the same influence, so they have a HIERARCHY or order of
importance.
●
New York, Tokyo and London are WORLD METROPOLISES.
●
WORLD METROPOLISES have global influence.
●
Important
international institutions, the main stock exchanges and large multinational
companies are based in WORLD METROPOLISES.
●
NATIONAL MEROPOLISES are capital cities and cities which
have influence in a particular country.
●
Government
bodies and large companies are based in NATIONAL
METROPOLISES
●
Every
country generally has one or two NATIONAL
METROPOLISES.
●
REGIONAL METROPOLISES are cities with influence on a
particular region of the country.
●
Then
there are SMALLER CITIES, which have
influence on a smaller area.
2.- Give examples for the following types of
cities:
●
Three
world metropolises: NEW
YORK, TOKIO AND LONDON
●
Two
national metropolises in Spain:
MADRID AND BARCELONA
●
Five
regional metropolises in Spain: ZARAGOZA,
BILBAO, VALENCIA, MÁLAGA AND SEVILLA.
●
Four
smaller cities in Spain: VALLADOLID, LEÓN, TOLEDO,
BADAJOZ.
3.- Do exercise 1 on page 140. (DON´T STUDY)
4.- Do exercise 3 on page 146
CONTINENT
|
CITY
|
POPULATION
|
AMERICA
AMERICA
AMERICA
AMERICA
AMERICA
AMERICA
EUROPE
AFRICA
AFRICA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
ASIA
|
NEW YORK
LOS ÁNGELES
MEXICO CITY
RIO DE JANEIRO
SAO PAULO
BUENOS AIRES
MOSCÚ
CAIRO
LAGOS
KARACHI
MUNBAI
DELHI
CALCUTTA
DHAKA
BEIJING
SHANGHAI
MANILA
OSAKA-KOBE
TOKYO
JAKARTA
|
18.300.000
12.000.000
18.700.000
11.200.000
17.900.000
13.000.000
10.500.000
10.800.000
10.100.000
11.100.000
17.400.000
14.100.000
13.800.000
11.600.000
10.800.000
12.800.000
10.400.000
11.200.000
35.000.000
12.300.000
|
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