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    This document discusses the development and characteristics of modern cities. It notes that the first cities originated as trading centers in Asia and the Middle East around 7,000 years ago, and now over one third of the world's population lives in cities. Modern cities use land for homes, shops, offices, factories and other facilities. Tall skyscrapers have become common in cities to make the most of limited land. The document also describes city zones like central business districts, industrial areas, and residential suburbs. As cities grow, neighboring towns can merge into large conurbations housing tens of millions of people. Capital cities are usually a country's largest and most important urban center.

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    This document discusses the development and characteristics of modern cities. It notes that the first cities originated as trading centers in Asia and the Middle East around 7,000 years ago, and now over one third of the world's population lives in cities. Modern cities use land for homes, shops, offices, factories and other facilities. Tall skyscrapers have become common in cities to make the most of limited land. The document also describes city zones like central business districts, industrial areas, and residential suburbs. As cities grow, neighboring towns can merge into large conurbations housing tens of millions of people. Capital cities are usually a country's largest and most important urban center.

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    UNIT 4: CITIES

    PAGE 44 AND 45
    SLIDESMANIA
    SLIDESMANIA
    INTRODUCTION
    ● The first cities developed as trading centre in Asia & the Middle
    East about 7000 years ago.

    ● Now over one third of all the people in the world live in cities.
    SLIDESMANIA
    MODERN CITIES
    ● In most modern cities land is used for:
    -homes
    -shops
    -offices
    -banks
    -factories
    -stations
    -civic buildings (city halls, town halls)

    ● Land in the city centre is very expensive.


    SLIDESMANIA
    ● To make the most of the land people build very tall buildings called skyscrapers.

    ● Skyscrapers = tower over the older buildings.

    ● Many cities have a mixture of older and newer buildings because the city has developed
    over a long period of time.
    SLIDESMANIA
    MERDEKA PND 118
    ● 118-storey

    ● 644-metre 

    ●  skyscraper currently under construction in Kuala Lumpur

    ● Once finished, it will be the tallest building in Malaysia and


    Southeast Asia, and the second-tallest building in the world.

    ● Expected to complete in 2021-2022


    SLIDESMANIA

    ● PND = Permodalan Nasional Berhad


    SLIDESMANIA
    SLIDESMANIA
    SLIDESMANIA
    CITY ZONES
    ● Cities may be divided into different areas or zones with different
    purposes.

    ● The middle of the city is called the central business district.

    ● In the central business district is where most offices, banks, large


    shops, art galleries and museums are.

    ● There may be industrial zones with factories and residential areas


    where people live as well.
    SLIDESMANIA
    ● Better transport such as commuter trains and metros help cities to spread outwards.

    ● More people can then live further away from the city centre and still be able to travel to
    work.

    ● As a result, new residential areas, called suburbs develop around the edges of the city.
    SLIDESMANIA
    CONURBATIONS
    ● As cities grow, they spread out into the surrounding countryside.

    ● Conurbation = neighbouring towns & cities may merge & become one very large urban
    area.

    ● In Pakistan, 2 cities of Rawalpindi & Islamabad were originally about 13 kms apart.

    ● Overtime, as both cities grew, they joined into one conurbation.

    ● In Japan, the cities of Tokyo & Yokohama have joined into one very large conurbation.
    SLIDESMANIA

    ● Most people agree that this is the largest conurbation with 34 million people living there.
    CAPITAL CITIES.
    ● Every country has a capital city.

    ● It is where the government of the country meets.

    ● The capital city is usually the largest and most important city in a country.

    ● Some countries have built their capital cities specially.

    ● Example: in the 19th century Sydney & Melbourne were the two largest cities in Australia.
    SLIDESMANIA
    ● The people could not decide which should be the capital city.

    ● So they build a new city called Canberra to be the capital city.

    ● In 1927, it became Australia’s capital.

    ● Canberra is inland, about halfway between Sydney and Melbourne.

    ● Other specially built capital cities include Brasilia in Brazil, Islamabad in Pakistan, Abuja
    in Nigeria and New Delhi in India.
    SLIDESMANIA
    THANK
    YOU!
    SLIDESMANIA

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