Description
City Report
Utilizing the information gathered in the critical thinking exercises, students are to create a city report comparing the two Asian megacities. Students should compare and discuss the cities: (1) population demographics, (2) socio-economic structure, (3) environmental stress issues, (4) political characteristics, (5) culture, (6) religion, etc. students should insert tables/or graphs of comparison of two megacities as appendix in the city report.
List of Asian megacities to select for the city report:
Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangkok, Delhi, Jakarta, Osaka-Kobe, Istanbul, Manila, Tehran, Dhaka, Karachi, Lahore
The report MUST be 5-6 pages in length with proper & logical transitions between paragraphs (including introduction & conclusion), standard APA style formatting (1” margins, 12-point font, double spaced), and adequate citations.
Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: MEGACITIES OF ASIA
Megacities of Asia
Student
Institution
MEGACITIES OF ASIA
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Table of Contents
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Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 3
Comparison of Hong Kong and Manila .................................................................................. 4
Population demographics ........................................................................................................ 4
Socio-economic structure ........................................................................................................ 5
Environmental stress issues ..................................................................................................... 7
Political characteristics ............................................................................................................ 8
Culture ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Religion ................................................................................................................................... 9
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................. 10
REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 11
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MEGACITIES OF ASIA
Introduction
Many countries have grown towards urbanization with an aim of improving more competitive,
sustainable and inclusive cities. With urbanization and therefore creation of cities, there has been
provision for growth, job creation and poverty reduction. Urbanization needs to be progressive
and controlled and when not can lead to over population, encroachment of slums, pollution,
inequality and crime. With the adoption of urbanization there has been growth of cities and large
cities called megacities have emerged. These are cities with a population of at least ten million
people. As at 2017, there were at least thirty seven megacities in the wo...