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For this homework activity, you will find and examine indicators of urbanization for your four selected countries. Compile Parts A, B, and C into a single document (Save as a PDF file type)

There are three parts to this exercise:

1. Urban growth trends (Table)

2. Largest cities (List and screen shots)

3. Discussion (written narrative)

 

Part A: Urban growth trends

Create a table that includes the following 5 urban growth indicators for your four countries. Links to finding the urban growth indicators are outlined below.

 My four countries are: Afghanistan, Philippines, Mexico, Japan

Table: Urban growth trends (SAMPLE)

		Ireland	Ukraine	Tajikistan
Percentage of population in urban areas
Percentage urban of region or sub-region (please name the region)
Average Annual Rate of Change of the Urban Population (per cent) 1950-1955
Average Annual Rate of Change of the Urban Population (per cent) 1990-1995
Average Annual Rate of Change of the Urban Population (per cent) 2010-2015
Informal Employment (Labor) Share of Total

 

· Percentage of population in urban and rural areas can be found here https://population.un.org/wup/Country-Profiles/ 

· Percentage urban by region or subregion can also be found here https://population.un.org/wup/Country-Profiles/  (please specify the region or sub-region)

· Average Annual Rate of Change of the Urban Population (per cent)

· https://population.un.org/wup/ 

· Select: Interactive Data

· Select: Average Annual Rate of Change of the Urban Population (per cent)

· Use regional nested lists to select (check box) all four of your countries.

· Click Next

· On the year selection page, select only these three time periods (blue indicates it is selected):

· 1950-1955

· 1990-1995

· 2010-2015

· Click next

· Informal Employment (Labor) Share of Total, Non-Agricultural (Percent)

· This data can be accessed here on Google Public Data:

· https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=n4ff2muj8bh2a_&ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=LABINFORMSHR&fdim_y=scenario:1&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=world&idim=world:world&ifdim=world&ind=false 

 

Part B: Largest Cities

For Part B, create a list of the 5 largest cities for each country, and insert screenshots of the Urban Population by Size Class of Urban Settlement.

Create a list of the five largest cities for your countries.

Option 1:

· https://population.un.org/wup/ 

· Select: Interactive Data

· Select:  Annual Population of Urban Agglomerations with 300,000 or more in 2018 (thousands)

· Use regional nested lists to select (check box) all four of your countries.

· Click Next

· On the year selection page, just click “Next” (this accepts the default selection of every 5 years between 1950 and 2035)

· For each country, list the 5 largest cities and the population in 1950,2015, and 2035. (Some countries will not have 5 cities listed. Others will have numerous cities).

Option 2: (if option 1 does not produce much information)

· Google search: “ largest cities [enter your country name]”

· Most countries will have a Wikipedia entry. Most will have a table of data, and an option to rank order (from largest to smallest) for the most current data.

· You likely will not see any historic (1950) or future (2035) data.

 

Insert screenshots of the Urban Population by size of class of urban settlement

· https://population.un.org/wup/Country-Profiles/ 

· Include a screen shot of the  Urban Population by size of class of urban settlement  chart for all four of your countries.

 

Part C: Discussion

Using the information collected in Parts A and B, discuss the differences and similarities in urban growth trends for your four countries.  Explain why you see these differences or similarities. You may also include information acquired from previous homework activities as part of the discussion. This should be a paragraph or two.