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What do they mean by quality of life?

What regions of the world are represented the most in this list?  Why do you think that is?

Name one of the cities you would like to visit and why?

Which geographic categories/themes are used to define the quality of life?

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Work in your groups to go through the articles/videos/presentations to fill in the ESPN Chart.

1.  Urbanization Will Change the (Developing) World
2.  The Radiant City
3.  Levittown
4.  Pollution in our Cities and Who It Impacts
5.  New Urbanism

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