The Urbanization Game

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The Urbanization Game

• Urban Sprawl and Its Effects

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For this game you will need.

• Large sheet of blank paper
• Lined paper
• Pencil/Eraser
• Ruler
• Coloring pencils (optional)

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Early Settlements

• Early settlements were often agricultural
  settlements, these were areas of low population
  density and often dispersed to allow space for
  farmers to farm their crops.

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Round 1

• Draw
• 1 River 2-3cm wide and runs from edge to edge
• 2 bridges
• 4 main roads (single line)
• 8 houses (approx 1-2cm, foundation of a house
  must touch a road, number each house)

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Round 2

• Select 1 house which will be yours and shade it
  in
• Draw
• 1 church
• 1 cemetery
• 2 stores
• 1 pub/restauraunt

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Resource Based Settlements

• Sometimes isolated rural settlements would occur
  which formed out of resource-based settlements,
  these are often referred as mining, fishing, and
  forestry towns.

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Round 3

• Draw a mine on an isolated part of your map
• Place 4 houses in close proximity to the mine

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Service Based Settlement

• Some people settled in isolated areas because
  they can earn a living by providing services to
  residents and to travelers passing through. Often
  these settlements would be scattered along major
  roads.

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Round 4

• Draw 2 pairs of house/store on your map, it must
  be connected to a road

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Population Growth

• Around 1750 and onward, population began to grow
  at an ever-increasing rate. What were some of the
  reasons?
• Food production/distribution
• Improvements in public health (soap, sewage
  lines, etc.)
• Conquest of disease (medicine, vaccines, etc.)

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Round 5

• Draw 6 more houses
• 1 more church
• 1 more road
• 1 more pub/restaurant
• 1 more river bridge
• 1 more store

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Villages

• As agricultural productivity improved over time
  and food surpluses became larger, people no
  longer needed to produce their own food. People
  started to become specialist in their field, such
  as weaving, making metal objects, milling,
  baking. Since these specialists were offering
  goods and services to others, it made sense for
  them to live close together.

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Round 6

• Draw 2 services and 4 houses on one location of
  your map and 1 service and 2 houses on another
  location

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Towns

• As villages began to grow, they started to form
  towns and cities. The goods and services produced
  in these towns and cities were exchanged for food
  products in the countryside.

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Round 7

• Place your hand with fingers spread out on your
  map and make a rough dotted-line around the area
  that your hand covers. Label this land
  Agricultural Use Only. Erase and re-locate any
  houses/businesses in that area.
• Add 10 more houses to your map

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Industries

• In order for these cities to grow even larger
  and increase their economic base, they needed
  basic industries. A greater population base and
  improvements in transportation allowed cities to
  build factories and manufacturing plants to
  produce goods, some of which were sold locally
  while others were shipped and sold to other
  communities.

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Round 8

• Add a railroad from one edge of the map to
  another
• Add 3 factories or manufacturing plants on your
  map
• Add 5 houses
• Add 3 tenants
• Add 2 estates
• Add 1 office building

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Feed The Need

• As cities continue to expand, there becomes a
  growing need for services and entertainment. Some
  cities even become tourist hotspots so that they
  can bring in more outside money. Both physical
  and human features can draw in tourists (ie.
  Niagra Falls, Wonderland, CN Tower)

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Round 9

• Draw
• 2 tourist attractions
• Another road
• 8 more houses
• 2 theatres
• 2 tenants
• 1 government building

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Questions

1. List and describe 2 reasons that towns and cities
   grow.
2. What were some of the difficulties you faced in
   placing your buildings on your map. How might
   this relate to the real world?
3. Define urban sprawl and explain how it relates
   to your map.
4. What pushed people into your city, what pulled
   people into your city?
5. If you could control the development of a future
   town or city, what laws would you put into place
   to make it a better place to live?

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