What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in a city?

Tuesday, May 20th 2014

Students will understand the extent to which East Asia is urbanized.

Students will experience city life in the capitals of the 5 capitals of East Asia.

Here is the plan…

JapanJapan is about the

size of California.Total population is

almost 128 million people.

Ethnic makeup is almost entirely Japanese.

Japan is a relatively “old” society – the median age is 46 years old.

TokyoJapan is highly

urbanized – over 91% of the population lives in cities.

The capital of Tokyo (city and surrounding metropolis) is home to about 36 million people.

China is slightly smaller than the United States of America by total land area.

However, China’s population is about 4X the size of the USA’s – 1.3 billion.

Most of that population is situated in the Eastern part of the country.

China

BeijingChina is becoming

more and more urbanized every year – currently the rate is a little over 50%.

The capital city of Beijing has about 15.5 million people.

North KoreaNorth Korea has

geographic strategic importance (borders Russia, China, and South Korea) but is also internationally isolated.

North Korea is slightly larger than the state of Virginia – it has a total population of about 25 million people.

PyongyangThe capital city of

North Korea is Pyongyang. Pyongyang is a “showcase” city designed to show the North’s success.

North Korea has an urbanization rate of about 60%.

Pyongyang is home to about 2.8 million people.

South KoreaSouth Korea has a

democratic system of government and a capitalist economic system.

South Korea is slightly smaller than the state of Pennsylvania

The total population of South Korea is about 49 million people.

SeoulThe capital city

of Seoul is home to just under 10 million people.

South Korea is a very urbanized society – about 83% of the country lives in cites.

TaiwanTaiwan is about the

combined size of the states of Delaware and Maryland.

Taiwan is home to the “losers” of the Chinese Civil War that took place following WW2.

The total population is about 23 million people.

TaipeiTaipei is the capital

city of Taiwan.The city is located

on the northern tip of the country along the Tamsui River.

The population of Taipei is about 2.6 million people.