Megacities Pear Deck

https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=2ebc04bbcdf143efbff126073e35d703

Envirocatalyst 2/1/2020

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1. How are the neighborhoods and buildings in the spring lake area different than older neighborhoods and buildings in Woodland?

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• What is Davis known for? What is Winters known for? What is woodland known for?

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Click the map URL above to open the map.

1. Play around
2. Write three observations

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• What patterns do you notice?

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• What do you think is a megacity?

What characteristics define a city?

1. What are some possible characteristics of a megacity?

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• Using the Details pane, click the button, “Content”
• Click the checkbox to the left of the layer name, World Urban Sprawl. ʅ Zoom out to a world view.
• Zoom in and out to view and explore some of these cities.
• What cities around the world might be megacities?

What are some examples of megacities?

1. What might be some factors leading to an increase in urbanization?

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• Click the checkbox to the left of the layer name, Megacities.
• Where are most megacities located?

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• Hover over the Megacities layer name and click the button, Show Table.
• In the table, click the column header, % Growth. sort descending.
• Which cities are growing the fastest?

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• Investigate three cities by clicking their map markers.

What factors influence urban center geography?

1. What are some possible factors leading to urban sprawl?

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• Click the button, Show Map Contents.
• Turn off the layer, World Urban Sprawl.
• Turn on three layers, Tokyo 1929, Tokyo 1954, and Tokyo 1972.
• Toggle between the three years. Observe how Tokyo has changed over time
• What patterns of growth do you notice?

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• What are some potential negative effects related to urban sprawl?

How have cities changed over time?