How are urban environments changing?

1. How are urban environments changing? U: the causes of urbanisation and how it differs between HIC’s and LIC’s K: of the structure and land use of a city

2. Starter: What are the 5 largestcities in the world? (population) Urbanisation: a process where an increasing proportion of the population lives in towns and cities resulting in their growth

3. Which regions are experiencing rapid urbanisation? • Which regions have the lowest growth? Use P.185 to help you

4. What are the causes of urbanisation?

5. In search a of a better quality of life, jobs and housing Poor services, schools and hospitals Employment opportunities, better paid work in a hotel Drought and crop failure Conflict and war force people to leave their land Population growth – overpopulated areas cause over farming and poor soil Better quality of services, schools and hospitals Flooding and natural disaster e.g. Gujarat, India – people flee rural areas and do not return

6. Complete the card sort and put your results into a table:

7. How does the land use vary in an urban area? Starting from Leeds City Centre – can you put these in any order?

8. The Burgess concentric ring model of urban land use • Use P.186 to complete activity 1,2 and 3