The Making of Mumbai as India’s Global City – Dr Vandana Desai
The talk outlines contemporary urban environment and characteristics of a mega world city from the Global South highlighting social and economic inequalities associated with urbanisation.
One City, Two Worlds summary One City, Two Worlds activity
This corresponds to the following components of the A-Level Syllabus:
AQA – A level Syllabus - 3.2.2 Changing places; 3.2.2.2 Changing places – relationships, connections; 3.2.2.4 Place studies; 3.2.3 Contemporary urban environments; 3.2.3.1 Urbanisation; 3.2.3.3 Social and economic issues associated with urbanisation; 3.2.3.9 Case studies; 3.2.4 Population and the environment; 3.2.4.3 Environment, health and well-being.
Pearson Edexcel – A level Syllabus - Area of study 2, Topic 4: Shaping Places & 4B Diverse Places. Impacts of globalisation for countries/cities, different groups of people and cultures and the physical environment. The scale and pace of economic migration increased from rural to urban, creating consequences for people and the physical environment.
OCR A Level – H481-02 Human interactions - 2.1 – Changing Spaces; Making Places
