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This document is a geography lesson plan for Secondary 2 students at St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School, focusing on sustainable cities. It covers topics such as the definition of cities, their relationship with rural areas, the impact on inhabitants and the environment, and sustainable management practices. The lesson includes activities like identifying cities on a map, discussing migration factors, and designing a 'Smart City'.

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This document is a geography lesson plan for Secondary 2 students at St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School, focusing on sustainable cities. It covers topics such as the definition of cities, their relationship with rural areas, the impact on inhabitants and the environment, and sustainable management practices. The lesson includes activities like identifying cities on a map, discussing migration factors, and designing a 'Smart City'.

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ST.

ANTHONY’S CANOSSIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL


Secondary 2 Geography

Chapter 7: How Can We Build Sustainable Cities?

I am in charge of my own learning.


No. Content
Almost Let’s I need to clarify
there proceed about….

7.1 What are cities?

7.2 What is the relationship between cities


and rural areas?

7.3 How do cities affect their inhabitants and


the environment?

7.4 How can cities be sustainably


managed?

Name : ___________________ ( ) Class :________ Date :_________


Checking in…

How much do you know about building


sustainable cities?

No. Questions True False

1 Singapore is an example of a city.

2 Cities have a large population size.

3 The minimum population size of a city is 500.

4 Population density is an important feature of a city.

5 Rural-urban migration is the movement of people from urban to rural


areas.

6 Migrants move due to push factors such as better job opportunities.

7 People living in the cities suffer from different types of pollution.

8 Cities require large amounts of natural resources.

9 All cities use wind and solar energy.

10 Providing safe housing and a variety of transportation modes


improve the quality of life of people living in cities.

7.1 What Are Cities?

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Fig. 1 is a blank world map. Use Google Maps to help you find out more about cities in the
world.

Fig.1

Identify the cities on the world map and fill up the blanks in the table below.

City, Country Population Land Area Population Density


size

Tokyo, 13,960,000 2194.0 km2


_________

New York, 20 400 000 783.8 km2


__________

𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎


Population density =
𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎

Which city has the largest population? Which city has the largest population
density?

Fig. 2 is a map of City Hall, Singapore, which shows the range of functions of a city.
Identify the places that serve the functions as stated in the table.

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Fig.2

Range of functions
in City Hall Name of place Name of place

Commercial

Educational

Transportation

Recreational

Cities have these unique features

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● Large ____________________ ● _____________________ area
● High _____________________ ● Range of _________________

7.2 What is the relationship between cities and rural areas?

Rural-urban migration

RURAL CITIES
Provision of goods and services

Rural-Urban Migration
Definition: Rural-urban migration refers to the movement of __________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Push factors refer to _________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Pull factors refer to __________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Explain the push and pull factors of each photograph.

I want to leave my rural area because I want to move to the city because

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● Better education/ better schools and
universities
● More advanced courses available
● More placement in institutions
● More variety of courses

(Housing)

7.3 How do cities affect their inhabitants and the environment?

Design a ‘Smart City’ which has the latest technological innovation. Sketch and label your ‘Smart City’
in the box below.

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7.4 How can cities be sustainably built and managed?

Watch the video: The World’s 9 Most Sustainable City

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What are some examples for Who has the biggest How can we teach others in our
cities to be built sustainably? responsibility? The public or the city to be more eco-friendly?
government? Why?

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