S2 GE Slides - Where People Live

SEC 2 GEOGRAPHY
Chapter 1:
How and Where do People Live?

54% of
the
total
global
popula-on
live
in

urban areas
Where do
people
live
today?

What trend do you see?
increasing trend

what we expect in future
What does projected mean?

54% of
the
total
global
popula-on
live
in

urban areas
Where do
people
live
today?

Where ?
mostly in
Cities
To ﬁnd jobs,
…
Why ??

Can you identify these cities from
around the world?

1950
2000
What do you
notice?
Population
living in
urban
environment
2050

1950
2000
Population
living in
urban
environment
2050
Grown rapidly "
& still growing!

Urbanisation:
The increase in percentage of
people living in cities

Where do
people
live
today?

mostly in
Cities
We want to learn about…
(i)
Features
of
ci(es

(ii)
Challenges
of

living
in
ci(es

Textbook:
page
12

Workbook:
page
3-‐5
(Ac.vity
1.2)

Learning by doing

Try
Ques.on
1
(WB
page
4)

(a)
Plot
the
top
5
ci-es
on
the
world
map.

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Tip:
Refer
to
textbook
page
12
for
help!

Rank
City
(Country)
Popula.on

1
Tokyo
(Japan)
37.2
million

2
Delhi
(India)
22.7
million

3
Mexico
(Mexico)
20.4
million

4
New
York
City
(USA)
20.4
million

5
Shanghai
(China)
20.2
million

What do you
notice about
the population
size?

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Feature #1:
Large population size
Rank
City
(Country)
Popula.on

1
Tokyo
(Japan)
37.2
million

2
Delhi
(India)
22.7
million

3
Mexico
(Mexico)
20.4
million

4
New
York
City
(USA)
20.4
million

5
Shanghai
(China)
20.2
million

cities with
more than
10million
people
Megacities –

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Feature #1:

Try
Ques.on
1
(WB
page
4)

(b)
Describe
the
distribu-on
of
these
megaci-es

in
the
world.

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Guide:

-‐
where
are
the
ci(es
mostly
located
at?

(in
Asia?
Europe?
Africa?
North
America?

South
America?)

-‐
which
region
does
not
have
such
ci(es?

Try
Ques.on
1
(WB
page
4)

(b)
Describe
the
distribu-on
of
these
megaci-es

in
the
world.

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

•  Megaci(es
are
mainly
found
in
the
Asia
Paciﬁc

region
(eg.
Tokyo,
Japan
and
Shanghai,
China)

and
in
North
America
(New
York,
USA).

•  There
is
an
absence
of
megaci(es
in
Africa
and

Europe.

Ø 
Because
of
natural
increase

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Feature #1:
•  Birth
rate
=
the
number
of
babies
born

per
1000
people
per
year

•  Death
rate
=
the
number
of
deaths

per
1000
people
per
year

Natural
increase
=
Birth
rate
–
Death
rate

units:
per
1000
per
year

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Natural
increase
=
Birth
rate
–
Death
rate

Now,
try
Ques.on
2
(WB
page
4)

Country
Birth
rate

(per
1,000

people)

Death
rate

(per
1,000

people)

Natural
increase

(per
1,000
people)

Brazil
15
6

Cameroon
38
12

Finland
11
10

Japan
8
10

Singapore
10
5

Vietnam
16
6

15
–
6
=
9

26

1

-‐2

5

10

Ø 
Because
of
natural
increase

Ø 
Because
of
rural-‐urban
migra.on

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Feature #1:
The
movement
of
people
from
rural
areas
into

a
city
to
live
and
work.

Why??

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Feature #2:
High population density

Ø 
Large
popula-on
living
in
a
small
land
area

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Feature #2:
High population density

Popula>on
density
=

Number
of
people

Area
they
occupy
(in
km2)

high
popn
density
low
popn
density

=
1
million
people

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Move
on
to
Ques.on
3
(WB
page
5)

Calculate
which
of
the
two
ci-es
(Delhi
or
Manila)
had
a

greater
popula-on
density
in
2011.

Explain
your
answer.

City
(country)
Land
area

(km2)

Popula.on

(million)

Popula.on
density

(people
per
km2)

Delhi

(India)

1,483
22.7

Manila

(Philippines)

619.5
11.9

22.7
x
1,000,000

1,483

11.9
x
1,000,000

619.5

Popula>on
density
=

Number
of
people

Area
they
occupy
(in
km2)

=
15,307

=
19,209

units:
people
per
km2

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Feature #3:
Cosmopolitan population
Ø 
Because
many
people
from
diverse
cultural

backgrounds
(ie.
from
diﬀerent
places
in
the

world)
enter
the
city
and
interact
with
one

another.

Try
Ques.on
4
(WB
page
5)

Describe
the
ways
in
which
Singapore
can
be

considered
a
cosmopolitan
city.

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

•  Singapore
has
a
mul>cultural
society
with
many

people
from
diverse
cultural
backgrounds.

•  As
such,
many
diﬀerent
languages
are
spoken
in

the
city
and
city
dwellers
are
open
to
diﬀerent
ideas

and
ways
of
doing
things.

(i)
Features
of
ci(es

Feature #4:
Built-up area
covered
by
buildings

covered
by
roads

(ii)
Challenges
of

living
in
ci(es

housing
shortage

traﬃc
conges.on

ﬂoods

Geography…
The way
people live
The natural
environment

Geography…
The way
people live
The natural
environment
polluted
rivers
=
water
scarcity
&
ﬁshes
die

Some photographs of places "
where people live in…
Think:"
Which do you want to live in? Why?

a.
Wooden
houses
(on
the
inside)

b.
Wooden
houses
–
only
accessible
via
boats

d.
Apartment
blocks

(Pinnacle
@
Duxton)

A
yurt
in
Kazakhstan

used
as
a
café.

f.
A
yurt

Look at these photographs again…
Think:"
Where can we ﬁnd these places?

Urban environment or "
Rural environment?
a.
Wooden
houses
c.
Slums

e.
Terrace
houses
d.
Apartment
blocks

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