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| physical place we live in |
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| city is established for purposes of 1.Well being 2. survival |
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| mostly low density surrounding central part of a city |
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| smaller population size and lower density than urban area and usually connotized with aspects of agriculture |
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| process-movement of people from rural to urban places |
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| defined on some minumum population |
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| the built up area of a city or town, where buildings, roads and other urban land uses dominate |
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| the extent of population concentration usually measured by urban life |
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| all apsects of human urban experience that results from urbanization... usually expressed in terms of economic, socio-cultural, political behavior |
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| loosesly to refer to any large city |
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| comprises a large city and its all peripheries that are integrated with the central city |
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| is a 20th century european term reffering to a network of large cities |
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| is the north american version of conurbation ex; Boston-New York- Washington DC |
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| Hierarchical network of cities within a nation or region usually ranked by population size or economy function and are linked by transportation and communication systems |
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| a world network of communication threads that link cities around the entire world into a single system |
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| a 20th century term referring to a city with at least a million people |
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| a city with a population of at least 10 million |
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| a city that plays a critical function in the global urban system. example New york, London, Tokyo |
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| refers to the environment aspects on which a city originated and evolved |
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| refers to the relative location of a city. It connotes a city's connectedness with other places and the surrounding region |
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| physical form of a city which consists of street patterns, building sizes, architecture, ect |
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| an exceptionally large and economically dominant city of a country. Usually defined in terms of relative population and is often the capital city..more common in LDC's |
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| traditional city before industrialization |
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| economy based on manufacturing |
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| more high tech city... ex: towers and highways |
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| a city established by colonial people, associated with an odd blend of western and indigenous cultures |
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| show traits of both western and traditional cultures |
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| circles around the central business district ...Burgess |
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| city divided into sectors... Hoyt |
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| multiple nodes resulting from competing commercial districts...specialized in industrial districts.. Harris Ullman |
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| in 1800 urban population was only 3%....United Nations predicts by 2025 it will be over 60% |
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| second largest urban area at 20 million people |
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| Equity,environment, economy |
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| housing,transportation.....coordination of infrastructure&developement |
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| emplyement &affordable goods |
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| reneweable, non- reneweable resources |
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| 8,000 to 10,000 years ago... systematic cultivation of certain forms of plants.... led to transition of hunter/gatherer to farmers... production of more food than needed... stimulus for trade... happened around fertile crescent |
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| 4000 BC, Surplus of Storable food.. existence of writing.... Wheel, which made easier to transport in bulk |
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| Most famous city of Sumer? |
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| Functions of early cities |
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| Trade, Religion, Political and military, administrative |
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| Innovations of mesopotamia |
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| *writing, the wheel, elaborate architectural structures |
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| Liner developement along the Nile River, Cities were not walled, pyramids and temples built by slaves |
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| Greek market and public meeting place |
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| first millionaire city of history, aqueducts, piped water along street, public baths/heated water |
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| refers to a Medieval European political system |
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| city based on trade.... divided into occupation quarters |
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| city dominated by single family |
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| dates back to renaissance which started in Italy resulted in industrial revolution which took place in england |
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| Causes of rapid urbanization |
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| flow of migration of labor force from rural areas... seeking higher wages, more opportunities, *education*, housing, health care |
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| created from scratch on a site where no other significant urban place existed |
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| European areas added to indigenous urban centers |
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| a city typically is at least twice as large as the next largest city, |
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| Excessive size of LDC's leads to |
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| unstable economic base, deficit of existing infrastructure, population dense neighborhoods, eventually leading to exploitation of environment |
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| unauthorized construction & land not legally owned, often on oustskirts , steep slopes, flood plains, housing self built, |
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| MDc's have a problem with unemployment, LDC's have a problem with unemployment and ? |
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| movement of products, money and information around the world |
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| Characteristics of a medieval town |
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| open space for market,cathedral, town hall, palaces, ect...streets narrow and unplanned, walled city and fortifications, towns not hygenic |
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| rise of nation state, and importance of sea power.. sear routes replaced silk road |
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| Idustrialiazion changed urban form how? |
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| stimulated large scale migration to work in urban factories |
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| Why did Haussmann wish to open up most congested parts of the city |
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| he wanted soldiers to be able to move through the city rapidly. |
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| suburb outside city with no height limits |
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| beautifying cities and reving slums, providing public transportation and improving traffic circulation |
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| produced poor quality housing for workers lacking space and light |
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| stress on enclosed space, aesthetic values, supported highly by camillo citte |
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| embodied in ebenezer howards Garden city |
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| cities are living organisms forming natural regions |
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| added technical analysis to planning, functionalism, peropetuated by french architect Le Corbusier |
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| urban land uses + different cultural styles |
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| took place near india... first planned towns.. most famous Harrapan, Mohanjodaro...water and sanitation... grid pattern |
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