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| The study of the physical form and structure of urban places |
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| Agricultural production in excess of that which the producer needs to survive where excess is sold for consumption by others |
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| Differentiation of society into classes based on wealth, power, production, and prestige |
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| Innovation of cities that occurred independently in five separate hearths around Asia, Africa, and Mesoamerica |
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| Diffusion of Urbanization |
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-Diffused from Mesopotamia
-Modern cities we know today didnt come around until thousands of years later
-Steady food supplies and sedentary lifestyle led to growth
-People migrated diffusing ideas of agriculture and urbanization |
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-remained remot from globalization and forms of western cities
-many escaped colonization but have been transformed by immigration and globalization |
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| conglomeration of people and buildings clustered together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and economics |
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| clustered settlement with a CBD but is smaller and less complex |
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-established by imperialistic empire as administrative centers, military posts, and trade centers
-often planned over native cities |
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| a country's largest city ranking atop the urban hierarchy. The most expressive of the national culture. |
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-where high population growth has caused these to suddenly come about since the 1940's
-have problems with pollution, poverty, rapid pop. growth, and other issues associated with overpopulation. |
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-on the outskirts of large cites
-describes the shifting focus of urbanization in US from CBDs to new location of economic activity at urban edge
-extensive amount of office and retail space |
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Central Business District
-area of city where retail and office activities are clustered
-usually one of the oldest districts or origin of settlement
-doesn't consist of a lot of land area but contains high percentage of infrastructure, buildings, and retail |
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(Burgess Model)
-concentric circles to define urban structure |
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(Hoyt Model)
uses sectors to define urban areas
Z1-CBD
Z2-transportation and industry
Z3-lower class resid.
Z4-middle class resid.
Z5-high class resid. |
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