sc.03 The world’s largest megacities by 2100 [B]
Content
- Statement of inquiry
- Increasing global interactions concentrate more power in cities which can cause unsustainable growth, and increase disparities.
- Factual questions [Remembering facts and topics]
- How many megacities are there predicted to be by 2020?
- What is currently the largest city on Earth?
- Conceptual questions [Analysing big ideas]
- What positive possibilities are presented by megacities?
- What negative possibilities are presented by megacities?
- Debatable questions [Evaluating perspectives and developing theories]
- Will the megacities of the future be in Europe or the Americas?
- What will life be like in future megacities?
- Aims of this lesson
- To explore the future/possibilities of megacities.
Base knowledge and understanding
Video clip
Visualization
Context
Possibilities are the alternative events, futures and outcomes that geographers can model, project or predict with varying degrees of certainty. Key contemporary questions include the degree to which human and environmental systems are sustainable and resilient, and can adapt or change.
IB DP Geography Guide
The possibilities
Figure 1: The World's New Megacities
Figure 2: The Top 20 Mega Cities by 2100
Figure 3: Data table from Socioeconomic Pathways and Regional Distribution of the World’s 101 Largest Cities
The investigation - assessing Criterion B
