2.  When a lot of people move to cities  Three types:  Metropolitan area (main city and other small cities nearby)  Conurbation (urban area formed by two cities)  Megalopolis (cluster of cities)  Functions: ▪ Residential ▪ Commercial ▪ Industrial ▪ Political ▪ Cultural ▪ Tourism

3.  What city is this?

4.  Is it a metropolitan area conurbation, or megalopolis?

5.  Conurbation!  Because it includes  San Francisco  Oakland etc.

6.  What city is this?

7.  Chicago! Is it a metropolitan area, conurbation, or megalopolis?

8.  Metropolitan area!  Why?  Because other cities nearby like River Forest, Oak Park  Because there are 2 airports  There are lots of shopping malls

9.  Chain of Urban Areas (transnational megalopolis)

10.  Orthogonal (checkerboard)  Radiocentric (streets curve)  Irregular (no shape)

11.  What city is this?

12.  London!  What’s its grid plan?

13.  Irregular

14.  What city is this?

15.  Barcelona!

18.  Suburbs (areas outside of the city center)  Industrial areas  Centre

19.  What city is this?

20.  Alcobendas! Suburb? Industrial? Or Centre?

21.  Suburb!

22.  What city is this?

23.  Detroit! Suburb? Industrial? Centre?

24.  Industrial

25.  What city is this?

26.  Manila!

27.  Is this photo of a suburb? Centre? Or industrial area?

28.  Centre