What is the number of mega cities in the world today?

What are rural and urban settlements? Mention their characteristics.

Discuss the problems associated with urban settlements in developing countries.

Identify the types of settlement shown in the photograph and describe the characteristics it.

Describe rural settlements.

What is urbanisation?

What was the number of million-plus cities in the world today in 2005?

What is the number of mega cities in the world today?

Which is the Asia’s largest slum? Where its located?

How are urban settlements designated?

The global cities act as command and control centres of the world system. Discuss with examples.