WarmUp : Journal Entry

1. WarmUp: Journal Entry In your journals, make a list of characteristics of urban or city life. Next, suggest some of the reasons that people might choose to live in cities. Finally, suggest some problems that might be associated with rapid population growth in cities.

2. Chapter 16.2 Population & Urbanization

3. Objectives Explain how cities evolved &why urbanization is such a recent event. Identify the models that have been proposed to explain the structure of cities &summarize the theories that have been put forth to explain city life.

4. Megacities: Urbanization in Dhaka, Bangladesh • PBS News Hour: Megacities • Consider the elements of this clip when going over the notes.

5. Urbanization the concentration of populations in cities

6. The Evolution of the City Preindustrial to Industrial

7. The Preindustrial City cities arose about 6,000 years ago populations limited by inefficient agricultural techniques crowded, lacked sanitation no designated “downtown” built around extended family

8. The Industrial City Industrial Revolution led to urbanization covers greater area, much larger population influence of family lessened 1790: 5% of population in cities 1860: 20% of population in cities Today: 75% in urban areas

9. Urban Ecology Concentric Zone Model, Sector Model, Multiple Nuclei Model see page 425

10. Urban Ecology examines the relationship between people & the urban environment

11. Concentric Zone Model typical city spreads outward from the center, resulting in a series of circles or zones

12. Sector Model city grows in wedge-shaped sectors outward from the center to the edges of the city transportation determines land use

13. Multiple Nuclei Model • city develops around several centers of activity, or “nuclei,” devoted to specialized land use • example:stores grouped together, car dealerships, etc.

14. Urban Ecology Models: Critique • do not account for urban sprawl, reverse migration, or urban reclamation describe ideal types of cities

15. Examining City Life Urban Anomie Theory, Compositional Theory, Subcultural Theory

16. Urban Anomie Theory the city is an anonymous & unfriendly place&living there caries serious negative consequences characterized by impersonal secondary groups

17. Compositional Theory • greater diversity of city residents leads to greater variety of lifestyles • race, ethnicity, gender, age, education, income, occupation

18. Subcultural Theory people can find others with similar interests in diverse cities some people form close ties and subcultures

19. Rio De Janeiro: Favela Slums Tour • Favela Slums Tour • Answer the following questions in your journal. • After watching the film, how do you feel about the tourism business in the favelas of Rio? • Do you think that the residents are being helped or taken advantage of? Why? • What similarities can you find with the Dhaka video? How are these cities alike? Different? • How do you think Rio&the favelas specifically, are going to change with the coming of the World Cup in 2014 & the Olympic Games in 2016?