What’s a good measure for assessing the modernity of a city?

2. What’s a good measure for assessing the modernity of a city?

3. What possible criteria/indicators could you going to base your opinion on? • Population size? • Wealth/GDP? • KFC/McDonalds/Starbucks? • Percentage of literate people? • Number of metro stations? • Extensiveness of the transportation? • Weather

4. Generally speaking The bigger the better The larger the value of an indicator, the better.

6. Criteria 1: Population Size MEGACITY “a metropolitan area with a population in excess of 10 million people”

7. How many megacities are there currently in the world? Can you name some? .

8. How many are there currently in China? 5th 29th 深圳 12.5 million 4th 24th 广州 12.7 million 3rd  22nd天津  12.9 million 2nd  14th北京  16.4 million 1st  4th上海  25.3 million

10. Criteria 2: Number of McDonald’s

12. What you probably didn’t know about McDonalds

13. Largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world 33,000+ outlets worldwide Employs 1.8 million people Sells more than 75 hamburgers every second Feeds 68 million people per day, that's about 1 % of the world's population

14. Tailor their menu to tastes of the host nation

16. Largest McD’s

17. From 2011 to 2013, McDonald's plans to open one restaurant every day in China

18. 1st 北京 204 outlets Number of McD’s in the Chinese Megacities mentioned earlier 2nd  上海 146 outlets 3rd 深圳 141 outlets 4th 广州 123 outlets 5th 天津 84 outlets

20. Criteria 3: Number of Metro Stations

21. Subway Systems Around the World

22. Large famous cities with Metro Systems (Rapid Transit Systems): • Tokyo • Shanghai • Paris • New York City • Seoul • London

24. The London Underground 口语: The Tube

25. 1863 402 270 55 11

26. What LU actually looks like

29. Barking the Dog

30. Elephant & Castle

31. Bottlenose the Dolphin

32. Hammersmith the Pig

33. Mudchute the Snail

34. Fish called Angel

36. Does having more subway stations, track or lines, make a city more modern than others?

37. Its all down to your own personal opinion. Which criteria you judge cities as being more modern, more ahead of its time etc.

38. What is a CENSUS? “An official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.”

39. Why a Census? General Register Office and Central Office of Information, published HMSO 1961. Photograph: British Library Board/The British Library

40. Why do we need it? Helps paint a picture of the nation, providing statistics that can help the government and other groups of people (local authorities, business and communities) in various ways

41. 1086 Reigned from 1066 until his death in 1087

42. Held every 10 years, since 1801 (except in 1941) • The first four censuses (1801–1831) were mainly statistical; that is, mainly headcounts that contained virtually no personal information • Every census thereafter added additional fields, making the census more richer as well as making it easier to find family members

43. How is it carried out?

47. Inside the Census • 56 • 2 main categories: • HOUSEHOLD (14) • INDIVIDUAL (42)

48. Typical HOUSEHOLD questions: • How many people usually live here? • What type of accommodation is this? Detached/semi-detached /terraced/flat/maisonette/apartment. • How many bedrooms? • How many cars or vans are owned, or available for use, by members of this house?

49. What INDIVIDUAL questions do you think the Census asks?

50. Why do we need it? Helps paint a picture of the nation, providing statistics that can help the government and other groups of people (local authorities, business and communities) in various ways Provide information for Policy Makers in decision-making