Intro. To Urban Geography

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• Intro. To Urban Geography

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Definitions

• city a multifunctional (residential and non)
  nucleated settlement with a central business
  district (CBD)
• town a smaller nucleated settlement with a CBD
• central city main urban node
• metropolitan area a large-scale functional
  entity containing several urbanized areas
  (Miami-Ft. Lauderdale)
• suburb an outlying area of a larger urban
  region
• Urbanization the growth of cities towns

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A. The City

• 1. Urbanization in the last 200 years has
  strengthened globalization
• urban explosion has gone hand in hand with the
  industrial revolution
• Worlds urban population doubled from 1950-2000
• Just over 50 of population live in cities

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B. Urban Geography

• 1. Studies the functions of cities their
  economic role
• 2. Compares urbanization in different parts of
  the world
• 3. Analyzes the internal geography of cities
• - distribution of housing, industry, commerce

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C. URBAN HIERARCHY

• layers within layers in the urban system
• scale from global to regional

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D. The First Cities

• 1. Social changes that led to urbanization
• - generation of agricultural surplus
• - a stratified social system

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Urban Diffusion
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- cities protected by walls- temples dominated
landscape- poorest on outskirts- no waste
disposal
Mesopotamia--
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- have had worldwide influence- structures built
on high point of city- public spaces for trade
and discourse- network of cities connected by
trade
Greek Cities--
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Roman Cities--
- linked by transportation networks over road,
river, and sea

• - diffused city life across the Empire
• - military camps

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The Islamic City

• Tehran

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The Renaissance City
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The Industrial City
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The Modern City

• Suburbanization and urban sprawl

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The Post-Modern City

• NY
• or Tokyo?

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