Parag Khanna's Connectography Map

Thanks to Bob Lang for the tipoff to the map developed to accompany Parag Khanna's Connectography book.
Connectography map connects with my work on logistics for CILT.

Megacities: new from Weapons of Reason

One of the best resources I've bought in the last couple of years was the first Weapons of Reason journal on the theme of the Arctic. It had great articles, data, infographics and illustrations, and I've used sections in quite a few lessons.

The second issue has just gone on sale, and I've got my copy ordered, for £6.

This time round, the theme is Megacities, and this is a topic which I shall be teaching with Year 10 and Year 12. Visit the

Recommended...

Megacities....

Still chance to catch the first episode of Andrew Marr's MEGACITIES programme.
The second one is on right now... (unless you are reading this between 8pm and 9pm on Thursday, you've missed it...)
Plenty of geography potential there, but remember to be critical of what you see and hear, and bring your own knowledge into the equation...

WORLDMAPPER additional maps here

Image produced by Ben Hennig

One MEGACITY(ish) is LONDON, and this recent BBC NEWS article provides some thoughts on the possibility of London declaring independence from the UK....

Megacities

The fact that it is presented by Andrew Marr aside - why not a geographer ? - there seems to have been a lot of positive comments about the first episode of the new BBC series: "Megacities", which was broadcast tonight... (link to a mixed 'Telegraph' review...)

I missed it, so will catch it on iPlayer over the weekend...

For the first time in history, more people live in cities than the countryside. Across the globe, we have 21 cities with more than 10 million people, and these numbers are set to increase - busy, noisy, crowded megacities are the future. In a fascinating three-part series, Andrew Marr finds out how these heaving mega-metropolises feed, protect and move their citizens.

In the first episode, Andrew looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, one of the world's oldest megacities; Dhaka, the world's fastest-growing megacity; Tokyo, the largest megacity on Earth; Mexico City, one of the most dangerous cities in the world; and Shanghai, arguably the financial capital of the world.

Andrew compares the sleek skyscrapers and rapid modernisation of Shanghai to the colourful street culture and geographic sprawl of Mexico City. He spends a night living in a one-room shack in Dhaka's toughest slum, taking his turn to fetch water, cook and clean; and he rents a friend in the efficient and high-tech, but alienating, city of Tokyo.

As he gets under the skin of each unique metropolis, Andrew discovers how the structure of each megacity defines every aspect of its inhabitants' daily lives. And he considers what the megacities of the future can learn from the metropolises of today.