HSIE Teachers - HSC Geography: Urban Places
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London: Urban World app

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You have been asked to download the Urban World app. This app is available for Apple devices and for Android devices. Please note that this is a free app, but downloading the app may cost you money depending on your internet plan. 

To download from Apple click here
To download for Android in Google Play click here
To download for Android in the Amazon app store click here

We will use this app to explore London in a couple of ways. Firstly, we will look at London as a World City and see how it compares the other European cities, as well as the other main World Cities: New York and Tokyo. Secondly we will look at London as the dominant city in the United Kingdom. 


Record the following information:

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The Big Three

City
London
New York
Tokyo


Population


GDP

London compared with other European cities
City
London
Paris
Munich
Berlin
Rhein-Ruhr
Belgain central metro
Milan
Rome
Barcelona
Madrid
City Population
Country
Country Population

London compared with other cities in the UK
City

London
Brighton
Southhampton
Bristol
Cardiff
Birmingham
Leicester
Nottingham
Liverpool
Manchester
West Yorkshire
Sheffield
Belfast


Population
GDP
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  • Home
    • Assessment
    • Extended Responses
    • Vocations
  • World Cities
    • Nature, character and spatial distribution
    • Role of world cities
    • Global networks
    • London case study >
      • London transect
      • London Population density maps
      • London- Urban Observatory
      • London: Urban World app
    • Dominance and dependence
    • Regional centres
    • Demise of the small town
  • Megacities
    • Nature, character and spatial distribution
    • Challenges >
      • Extended Response Activity
    • Responses to challenges
    • Mexico City >
      • Mexico City cloze passage
  • Urban Dynamics
    • Urban dynamics of change
    • Case study: Sydney >
      • Sydney - Urban Dynamics
      • Advantage and disadvantage
      • Economic Character Research lesson >
        • Economic Character Research lesson
      • Sydney - Culture of place
      • Sydney - Sustainability
  • Skills
  • HSIETeachers