Japan Urban Geography:
- Identify the five largest cities within each country: The five largest cities are Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, and Sapporo.
- Identify the population of the largest city: Tokyo; 8,956,000
- Use the “rank size rule” to identify the estimated size of each of the next four largest cities (city #2 is ½ the size of city #1, city #3 is 1/3 the size of city #1, city #4 is ¼ the size of #1, city #5 is 1/5 the size of #1):
- Identify the actual populations of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th largest cities: Yokohama; 3,690,000 - Osaka; 2,670,000 - Nagoya; 2,266,000 - Sapporo; 1,544,000
- Compose a well-developed paragraph defending to what extent the “rank size rule” is proven valid or invalid based upon the populations of this country’s five largest cities Use www.prb.org:
- Population: 127,060,000
- Population Density: 336
- % Urban Population: 91%
- % Urban Population Living in Slums
- Average % Change in Urban Population
- % with Improved Urban Sanitation: 100%
- % with Improved Urban Water Supply: 100%