Cities



AP Human Geography

Cities of the World

Part I: Based on the information from this table: a) Describe how the general geographic spread of the world’s major cities changes from 1950 to 2010. b) Discuss some of the possibilities for why the distribution has changed over this rather short period of time. c) Describe some of the issues geographers and policy makers will face in the future in terms of growth.

|1950 |Pop |1980 |Pop |2010 |Pop |

|London , UK |8.7 |New York |15.6 |Mumbai (Bombay) |23.7 |

|Tokyo, JP |6.9 |Mexico City |13.9 |Lagos |21.0 |

|Paris, FR |5.4 |Sao Paulo |12.1 |Sao Paulo |19.7 |

|Moscow, Ru |5.4 |Shanghai |11.7 |Mexico City |18.7 |

|Shanghai, China |5.3 |Osaka |10.0 |New York |17.2 |

|Essen.GR |5.3 |Buenos Aries |9.9 |Karachi |16.7 |

|Buenos Aries, AG |5.0 |Los Angeles |9.5 |Dhaka |16.7 |

|Chicago, US |4.9 |Kolkata |9.0 |Shanghai, China |16.6 |

|Kolkata(Calcutta), I |4.4 |Beijing |9.0 |Kolkata, IN |15.6 |

|Osaka, JP |4.1 |Paris |8.7 |Delhi, IN |15.2 |

|Los Angeles, US |4.0 |Rio de Janeiro |8.7 |Beijing, Ch |14.3 |

|Beijing, China |3.9 |Seoul |8.3 |Los Angeles |13.9 |

|Milan, IT |3.6 |Moscow |8.2 |Manila |13.7 |

|Berlin, GR |3.3 |Mumbai |8.0 |Buenos Aries |13.5 |

|Mexico City, MX |3.1 |London |7.8 |Cairo |13.2 |

|Philadelphia, US |2.9 |Tianjin |7.7 |Seoul |12.9 |

|St. Petersburg (RU) |2.9 |Cairo |6.9 |Jakarta |12.7 |

|Mumbai (Bombay), IN |2.9 |Chicago |6.8 |Tianjin |12.4 |

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |2.9 |Essen |6.7 |Istanbul |11.7 |

|Detroit, US |2.8 |Jakarta, Indonesia |6.4 |Rio de Janeiro |11.4 |

|Naples, It |2.8 |Metro Manila, PI |6.0 |Osaka |10.6 |

|Manchester, UK |2.5 |Delhi, IN |5.5 |Guangzhou |10.3 |

|Sao Paulo, Brazil |2.4 |Milan |5.4 |Paris |9.7 |

|Cairo, EG |2.4 |Tehran, Iran |5.4 |Hyderabad |9.4 |

|Tianjin, China |2.4 |Karachi, Pak |5.0 |Moscow |9.3 |

|Birmingham, UK |2.3 |Bangkok, Thailand |4.8 |Teheran |9.2 |

|Frankfort, GR |2.3 |St. Petersburg |4.7 |Lima |8.8 |

|Boston, US |2.2 |Hong Kong |4.5 |Bangkok |8.8 |

|Hamburg, GR |2.2 |Lima, Peru |4.4 |Lahore |8.6 |

Part II: What are the top 10 cities in the world today (2013 – 2014) in terms of population? How many people live there? Again, why these areas?

Part III: Label these 10 cities on the map of the world.

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