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Global Urban Patterns

Global Urban Patterns. A. 2 nd Urban Revolution. Industrialization Enclosure Mvmt.  Growth of Cities Industrial Cities Near : Water Textiles/Coal (Iron) “Unregulated Jumbles” Pollution: “Black Towns”. B. Modern Urbanization. Industrialization accelerated urbanization

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Global Urban Patterns

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  1. Global Urban Patterns

  2. A. 2nd Urban Revolution • Industrialization • Enclosure Mvmt. Growth of Cities • Industrial Cities • Near : Water Textiles/Coal (Iron) • “Unregulated Jumbles” • Pollution: “Black Towns”

  3. B. Modern Urbanization • Industrialization accelerated urbanization • Increasing labor productivity in agriculture meant surplus labor • surplus labor found “better” jobs in cities • Agriculture was productive enough to feed the population even though the # of labor was less • Now, more than half the world’s population lives in cities • 3/4 of people living in MDC’s live in urban areas while 2/5 of people living in LDC’s live in urban areas

  4. Trends in World Urbanization

  5. C. Cities of the Periphery • European & Indigenous patterns • Recent Massive Migration Patterns • Globalization Dakar, Senegal Beirut, Lebanon Shanghai, China

  6. D. Latin America • Central Plaza • Elites live in Central City • Growing Suburbs • Disamenity Sectors • Growing CBD

  7. Latin American City (Griffin-Ford model)

  8. Disamenity sector – very poorest parts of the city ex. the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  9. E. African City • Fastest Urbanizing • Difficult to Characterize due to diversity • Imprint of Colonialism • South Africa similar to West (Eur. And US) • Open Air Market • Multiple CBD’s Johannesburg, South Africa

  10. The African City (de Blij model)

  11. F. Southeast Asia • Colonial Port Zone • Elites near Port/CBD • Squatter Areas • New Middle Class • Western Commercial Zone

  12. Southeast Asian City (McGee model)

  13. G. Trends in Periphery • Large Migration into Cities • “Pull Factor” • Mega Cities • Primate Cities • Cannot keep up with new migrants: Shantytowns; favelas (in Brazil) • No Zoning Laws

  14. H. Modern Urbanization • Megacity – city with more than 10 million people; ex: Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Seoul

  15. Megacities

  16. Megacities in 2015

  17. I. Megalopolis • Megalopolis – a “super-city” made up of several large and small cities; ex: BosNYWash

  18. K. Rank-Size Rule • the relationship between the ranks of cities and their populations • the relationship is such that the nth largest city in a country or region is 1/n the size of the largest city in that country or region. For example: largest city = 12 million 2nd largest = 6 million 3rd largest = 4 million 4th largest = 3 million

  19. L. Primate City The leading city of a country. The city is disproportionately larger than the rest of the cities in the country. For example: London, UK Mexico City, Mexico Paris, France - the rank-size rule does not work for a country with a primate city

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