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    Cities

    4.1 The growth of cities


    The growth of cities
    • How did the first cities develop?
    The first cities developed as trading
    centres in Asia and the Middle East
    • When did the first cities develop?
    7,000 years ago
    Modern cities

    • What can you find in most modern • Why do people build skyscrapers?
    cities? To make the most of the land people build
    Homes, shops, offices, banks, factories, very tall buildings called skyscrapers,
    schools, hospitals, railway and bus which tower over the older buildings.
    stations, civic buildings such as city halls
    or town halls
    Modern cities

    • Why do many cities have a


    • What are skyscrapers?
    mixture of old and new
    They are very tall buildings with many buildings?
    stories, or floors.
    Many cities have a mixture of older
    and newer buildings because the
    city has developed over a long
    period of time
    City zones

    • Where is the central business district?


    • What are the three main zones in Why do you think it has this name?
    cities?
    The middle of the city is called the central
    1. Central business district business district and it is where most
    2. Industrial zones offices, banks, large shops, art galleries and
    museums are.
    3. Suburbs
    City zones

    • Where are the industrial zones? • How are cities spread outwards?
    Around the central business district, As cities grow, they spread out into
    there may be industrial zones with the surrounding countryside.
    factories and residential areas where
    people live.
    City zones

    • What are commuters? • What are the suburbs?

    People who regularly travel to work, An area on the outskirts of a town


    especially by train or bus. or city where many people live
    City zones

    • How can people in the suburbs


    travel to work?
    Commuter trains and metros help
    people who live further away from
    the city centre travel to work.
    Conurbations
    • What happens as cities grow?
    As cities grow, they spread out into the
    surrounding countryside. Eventually
    neighboring towns and cities may merge and
    become one very large urban area.
    • What is conurbation?
    A very large urban area formed when a city
    grows and joins with neighboring towns and
    villages.
    Conurbations
    • Give an example of conurbation in
    Pakistan.
    In Pakistan the two cities of Rawalpindi and
    Islamabad were originally about 13 km apart.
    Over time, as both cities grew, they joined to
    form one conurbation.
    • Give an example of conurbation in Japan.
    In Japan the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama
    have joined into one very large conurbation.
    This is the largest conurbation with 34 million
    people living there.
    Capital cities
    • What is the capital city of a country?

    Every country has a capital city. It is where the


    government of the country meets. The capital city is
    usually the largest and most important city of the
    country.

    • How did Canberra become the capital city of


    Australia?

    In the 19th century, Sydney and Melbourne were the


    two largest cities in Australia. The people could not
    Canberra
    decide which should be the capital city. So they built
    a new city, called Canberra. Canberra is inland, about
    halfway between Sydney and Melbourne.
    Capital cities
    • Give examples of other capital cities that
    were specially built.
    Other specially-built capitals include Brasilia
    in Brazil, Islamabad in Pakistan, Abuja in
    Nigeria, and New Delhi in India

    New Delhi

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