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Assignment Task: The Age of Megacities...A Story Map
Go to The age of megacities and answer the following questions.
Question 1: What is the definition of a megacity?
Question 2: How many megacities are there in the world today?
Question 3: What is the world's largest city?
Question 4: What is an issue that is the result of the decline in Tokyo's population?
Question 5: What is the estimated population of Tokyo's population in 2100?
Check on Tokyo's urban extent in 1929 to the current....
Question 6: What are your observations and why do you think that this pattern occurred?
Question 7: Why did Shanghai become the most populous city in China?
Question 8: What are some issues with an increase in population density? (Be specific)
Question 9: Discuss one reason why you think that the urban explosion occurred from 1944 to 1973.
Question 10: Why is Sao Paulo, Brazil unique as a megacity?
Question 11: What are some positive and negative aspects of population growth in Mexico City?
Question 12: Why does Lagos continue to grow?
Question 13: Why does Lagos, the most populous city in Africa, have problems?
Question 14: Why did the population in Los Angeles grow in the late 1800s?
Question 15: How would the number of gas stations increasing impact the population (where they live) and the environment?
Question 16: How did Parisian farmers feed the population?
Question 17: What is London's expected population in 2050 and what will it do for London?
Question 18: Where is the fastest growth occurring in the world? Why do you think that this is?
Question 19: What are the two largest cities in the US and what is their predicted population in 2030?
Question 20: What will be the most populous city in 2030 and what is the projected population?
Question 21: Pick one urban innovation and explain how it could help make cities more sustainable and economically prosperous.