Using GIS to visualise global trends in urbanisation
I can use GIS to visualise global trends in urbanisation.
- Year 10
- AQA
Using GIS to visualise global trends in urbanisation
I can use GIS to visualise global trends in urbanisation.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- For the first time ever, humanity became ‘urban’ around 2007.
- GIS can help us to manage and visualise big data about world cities using filters and pop-ups.
- GIS helps us to manage and visualise big data about trends in urbanisation using choropleth maps and pop-ups.
- GIS choropleth maps use shapefiles which are ‘joined’ to attribute using place identifiers in the shapefiles.
- GIS pop-us can be configured to visualise trends in big data about urban population.
Keywords
Filter - the selection of some data in a GIS layer to visualise spatial patterns more clearly
Pop-up - in GIS, a read-only display of attribute information (e.g. text, images, charts) often linked to a location
Choropleth - a cartographical method used to visualise data for bounded areas (polygons) using shading or colours
Shapefile - in GIS, a vector data storage format used for location, shape and attributes of geographic features, e.g. borders of polygons showing the outline and area of a country
Common misconception
When using filters, selecting the incorrect 'condition'; when configuring pop-ups, using the incorrect formula of words to link with attribute titles.
Advise caution when selecting the 'condition' for a filter; take care when typing text and typing or selecting attribute titles.
Equipment
The lesson will require students to have access to a suitable IT device e.g. laptop. Some tasks would be facilitated by the students using a mouse for more effective and faster control of the cursor.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords to their definitions:
Q2.What is a common cause of urbanisation in many LICs and NEEs?
Q3.Which of the following cities is a megacity?
Q4.In which world region is urbanisation currently happening most rapidly?
Q5.What is the main difference between urbanisation in HICs and LICs?
Q6.What is a likely push factor in rural-urban migration?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords with their definitions:
