Rapid+growth+in+urban+areas

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= = = =**Learning objectives:**= = = To explain reasons for rapid growth in Urban areas To explain the major problems facing Banglaore To understand reasons for those problems To explain what could be done to solve these problems

=**Reasons for growth:**= Good interactive from the BBC: [|BBC: urban growth]

[|Forbes: 2 billion slum dwellers]

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What are they like?

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media type="youtube" key="56kJ99AvfoI" height="345" width="560" =Our case study- Bangalore:= (see Mrs. Bennett for the whole DVD)

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=**Assessment:**=