The growth of cities

Geography

GIS: Visualising and analysing the growth of cities

Urban structure and land use

Global cities and megacities

Population in cities

Benefits of living in cities

Challenges of living in cities

Regenerating cities

Steel cities: Tangshan and Sheffield

Cities and climate change

Sustainable cities

The future of cities

This unit teaches pupils about how cities have grown and developed over time. Life in contrasting cities is explored through focussing on Manila and London.

Cities: What are they like to live in?

The increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities

Which term means people moving from the countryside to cities?

Low-income and newly emerging countries (LICs and NEEs)

In which type of country is urbanisation happening fastest today?

A large place where lots of people live and work

Which of these is usually found in a city?

What do we call an area where few people live?

A city has a {{}} population than a village.

Which of these is an example of a famous city?

What is the name for the very centre of a city, where shops and offices are often found?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

The growth of cities

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.