1. Urbanization

2. MOST MEGACITIES ARE LOCATED IN THIRD WORLD PRIMATE CITIES: MEXICO CITY: 9.8 million (Guadalajara: 1.7 million) BANGKOK: 5.9 million (Chiangmai: 278,000) LONDON: 6.9 million (Birmingham: ~ 1 million) Mega Cities

4. Distribution of Cities

5. Regional Urban Growth

6. Population by CitySize

7. Urbanization: Summary MEGA Cities: Cities with over 8 million population [Definitions vary] Rank Size Rule: Hierarchy of Cities Primate Cities: Cities much larger than other cities in country (e.g. Seoul = 34 x Pusan) Four Country Primacy Index: FCPI= P1 / (P1+P2+P3+P4)

8. Third World Urbanization Urbanization Level: Latin America > Asia > Africa [Exception: China and India in Asia] Urbanization Rate: Africa, Asia > Latin America

9. Urban Growth

10. Migration components: Rural to Urban; Urban to Urban; Circulators Why migrate? Lure of big city Job opportunities (pull factor) Lack of rural opportunities (push factor) Migration

11. Why Urbanize? Urbanization = Economic Growth (?) Agglomeration & Localization Economies Potential Markets Exception: Africa Rural Urban Linkages Symbiotic Economic Relationship

12. Why not urbanize? Is Urbanization Good? Urban Bias (Michael Lipton) Political and Economic Domination of urban groups Lopsided development, more favorable to urban areas Anti-Urban Policies Ujaamization (Tanzania, Julius Nyerere) Cultural Revolution (China, Mao Tse-Tung)