CourseCourse QuestionQuestion

IB Environmental Systems and Societies

Topic 1: Foundation

Topic 2: Ecology

Topic 3: Biodiversity and conservation

Topic 6: Atmosphere and climate change

Topic 7: Natural resources

Topic 8: Human populations and urban systems

8.1 Human populations

8.2 Urban systems and urban planning

8.2.1—Urban ecosystems

8.2.2—Urban area definition

8.2.3—Urban area as system

8.2.4—Urbanization

8.2.5—Rural-urban migration

8.2.6—Suburbanization

8.2.7—Urban expansion impacts

8.2.8—Urban planning purpose

8.2.9—Sustainable urban planning

8.2.10—Ecological urban planning

8.3 Urban air pollution

IB/ESS/SL//Concept/Topic 8: Human populations and urban systems/8.2 Urban systems and urban planning/8.2.4—Urbanization

Topic 8: Human populations and urban systems

Syllabus: First assessment 2026
Section: —
Level: SL

Exam analysis

Most tested topics

Human populations
Urban systems and urban planning
Urban air pollution