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More than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Are all urban areas cities? That is a very good question. Let’s take a closer look! Explore NEXT.cc’s TOWN JOURNEY to see some of the oldest towns in the world. Some are no longer inhabited, while others continue to flourish. Cities started as villages attracting people looking for access to water, food, protection, and opportunities away from migratory lives or lives in rural farming areas. Early cities were agrarian in that they had the basic elements of water and food. The water and food and protection called people from the surrounding areas.

Activity 1 – City Life

Everything we do—if described, made clear, and made observable—is education: the ‘Show and Tell,’ the city itself…. It is a classroom without walls, an open university for people of all ages offering a boundless curriculum with unlimited expertise. If we can make our urban environment comprehensible and observable, we will have created classrooms with endless windows on the world. Richard Saul Wurman

Activity 2 – Write a Poem About Your City

Activity 3 – Make a Map of Your City

Activity 4 – City Logo

Activity 5 – City Structures

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Activity 6 – World Class Cities

Activity 7 – The future of Your City

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