§2.5: The Netherlands: A country without a really big city

2.5: Netherlands: a country without a really big city 
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This lesson contains 29 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

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2.5: Netherlands: a country without a really big city 

Slide 1 - Slide

Today
  • Recap §2.4
  • Explanation §2.5 + videoclips
  • Assignments workbook 

Slide 2 - Slide

Newest slum
Older slum 

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Development of slums
Phase 1: Newest slum
Phase 2: We can stay!
Phase 3: Let's build
Phase 4: High, higher, highest
Phase 5: Slum becomes a middle-class neighborhood
Phase 6: Becomes a part of the city 

Slide 4 - Slide

Older slums
Newest slums 
Built from tin, cardboard and wood
No facilities 
On the outskirt of the city 
Has roads, sewers and electricity  
Renovated homes 
Became middle-class neighborhoods 

Slide 5 - Drag question

Which problems does the megacity have?

Slide 6 - Mind map

Slide 7 - Slide

Working in a megacity in a less economically developed country 

  • Formal sector 
  • Informal sector

Slide 8 - Slide

Explain the difference between the formal sector and the informal sector

Slide 9 - Open question

Today
  • Recap §2.4
  • Explanation §2.5 + videoclips
  • Assignments workbook 

Slide 10 - Slide

Learning goals
  • You know the functions of the four cities in the Randstad
  • You can explain the development from city to urban area

Slide 11 - Slide

What do you know about the Randstad?

Slide 12 - Mind map

The Randstad 
  1. Amsterdam
  2. Rotterdam
  3. Utrecht
  4. The Hague 
  5. Groene Hart 

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The Randstad
  • The four major cities together form the Randstad
  • Each city has a different function

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Slide 15 - Video

Which functions belong to which city?
Amsterdam

Rotterdam


Utrecht

The Hague 
Administrative centre
Meeting centre
Capital city
Mainport 
Financial centre
Industrial area
Distribution centre
Business centre

Slide 16 - Drag question

Functions of the four cities
_____

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Cities are growing
What are the causes of urbanisation after 1880?
  •  Emergence of industry in the cities (work)
  •  Mechanisation of agriculture > less work in the countryside

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Cities are growing
What is the consequence of the high  urbanisation rate?
    •  The city swallows up the surrounding places > agglomeration

    Urbanisation = movement towards the cities 

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    People want to leave the city 
    • The formation of urban districts and urban areas is strongly driven by the process of suburbanisation
    • As a result of suburbanisation, an urban district is formed

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    What are the causes of suburbanization?
    (why do people leave the city)

    Slide 21 - Mind map

    Slide 22 - Video

    Suburbanisation
    Causes of suburbanisation:


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    More connected
    When urban districts become connected with each other, urban areas are formed

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    The development of a city towards an urban area proceeds in three phases:
    Urbanisation
    Suburbanisation
    Interweaving 

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    Slide 27 - Link

    Today
    • Recap §2.4
    • Explanation §2.5 + videoclips
    • Assignments workbook 

    Slide 28 - Slide

    Start homwork
    •  Read §2.5: The Netherlands, a country without a big city 
    • Make assignment 1, 3 and 6

    Finished? Write down the learning goals (see workbook) and answer them.

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