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Urban Geography

Urban Geography. Sarah Witham Bednarz Texas A&M University http://geog.tamu.edu/sarah/humangeog/humangeog.html. Disclaimers…. I am a professor… I do not know anything about the test… Urban geography is NOT a major part of my course in Human Geography…. Approach….

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Urban Geography

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  1. Urban Geography Sarah Witham Bednarz Texas A&M University http://geog.tamu.edu/sarah/humangeog/humangeog.html

  2. Disclaimers… • I am a professor… • I do not know anything about the test… • Urban geography is NOT a major part of my course in Human Geography…

  3. Approach… • Review key concepts and understandings • Discuss three articles and how to use them with students • Explore field work students can use to learn urban geography in context

  4. Definitions of urbanism… • Perceptions of cities • Positive? • Negative? • Cities as points in space • Cities as places with internal structures

  5. Origin and Evolution of Cities • Understanding why some settlements grow into cities and others disappear… • Site • Situation

  6. Models of Urban Land Use • Developed Cities • Third World Cities • Cities in the Future

  7. Models in Urban Geography • Burgess’s Concentric Zone Model • Hoyt’s Sector Model • Multiple Nuclei Model • Vance’s Urban Realms Model • White’s Model

  8. Built Environment & Social Space • Humanistic vs Political Economy Perspectives • Political Organization • Urban managerialism and actors in the production of the built environment • Who are the players? • Post Modern Perspectives

  9. Urban Growth and Migration • Factors of Change • Economic forces • Technology • Demography • Politics • Society • Culture • Environment • Globalization

  10. Processes of Urban Change GLOBALIZATION

  11. Mega Cities • Giant cities • Where and why there? • Trends in growth • Functions

  12. Compare Contrast Latin America South Asia Middle East North Africa Southeast Asia Sub Saharan Africa First World vs Third World

  13. Urban Land Use & Field Work • Land Use: Street frontage survey • Urban Transportation: Public transport survey • Analyzing the Local Mall • Traffic Flow Survey • Urban Sleuthing: Change over time

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