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Urban Geography
Cities, Aspatial Processes & Spatial Structures
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Geography
Undergraduate 3
10/04/2011

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Today's Cities are Highly Complex: Functionally and Structurally... How?
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Aspatial processes cause, or influence the spatial arrangement of urban phenomena, and urban structures influence, and partially determine, growth processes & Suburban/Exurban Transformations.
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Major Components of Urban Geography
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Spatial Distribution & Uneven Patterns
Theoretical Generalization and Critical Political-Economy Perspectives
Methodological Perspectives - "Space-Time dynamic processes"
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Methodological Perspectives "Space-Time dynamic processes"
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Process--> Structure --> Process Readjustments --> New Structure
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Comparative Analysis: Urban origins-Pre-industrial cities
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Dependent upon rural subservience
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Comparative Analysis: Pre-captitalist, centers of authority, military power, mercantilism
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European urban roots distinguished by centuries of urban growth
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Cities are simultaneously the __________ and the __________ of economic,social and political change.
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products, shapers (Space)
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Cities function as essential parts of the capitalist system of ________ - spaces where the centralization of wealth, power, and authority are _______, _______, and resolved.
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accumulation, consolidated, fought over (Space)
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Cities function as systems within systems of cities, _______ and __________.
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nationally, internationally (Space)
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_______________ of the internal spatial structure of the city creates social, economic, and political spaces at local scales.
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Intra-urban partitioning (Space)
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_________ livelihoods differ markedly from _________ livelihoods.
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Urban, Rural (Space)
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Urban systems greatly affect rural _________ and _________ zones.
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peripheries, ex-urban (Space)
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Urban environments are rarely assessed in terms of their _________ qualities. -health hazards, personal stresses, livelihood stresses, congestion, crowding.
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environmental (Space)
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Differing scales of our interactive spaces - 3 examples
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Personal Space, Social Space, Activity Space (HT)
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Territory and neighborhoods as _______ sources of human identity, as a source of ___________, as images and counter-images (______ & ______), as source of _____ in risk-ladened contexts, and reflecting _______ vs ________ relations.
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communal, material existence, us/them, security, power/powerless (HT)
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Land or landed posessions have powerful ______ and ________ associations, in addition to economic and political considerations. "roots" "collective identity" "self sufficiency"
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emotional/psychological
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Territoriality and ________ identity - "home town" emotional ties - childhood memories- subject to change with _____/______.
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urban, mobility/migration (HT)
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Individuality, ________, > "footloose"
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global transience (HT)
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___________ and '_________' accompany 'global-to-local' macro-structural changes during the post-1980's 'era of globalization' widening the reach of social support systems and communication networks.
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transnationalism, cosmopolitanism (HT)
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Distance affects behavior of both ________ and _______ of all goods and services.
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produces and consumers (Dist)
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Distance influences patterns of _______, _______, and _________ interaction.
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social, economic, political (dist)
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Distance influence the nature and extent of _____________.
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Social Networks (Dist)
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Distances influences people's ________ to opportunities and amenities. (jobs, schools etc.)
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accessibility (Dist)
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___________ used as a mechanism for "social distancing".
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Spatial Distancing (Dist)
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_______ are different from each other - social processes will be significantly different in different _________.
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places, places (place)
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Social life takes place in a relatively _______ spatial environment, and ________ imposes costs.
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limited, distance (place)
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People have _____ about places which have significant social consequences.
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ideas (place)
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private places vs public places - ______ vs ______
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exclusion/access (place)
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'___________' mobility, __________, and _______ ties build transnational social netowrks that maintain multi-local '_________' and build connections between 'home places' and 'away from home places'.
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cross-border, social interactions, family, place-attachments (place)
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Early cities were cities of ______, _______, and the _________.
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power, privilege, elite (PreInd)
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Early Cities were dependent on _________ for food, services.
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hinterlands (PreInd)
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City-states competed with each other for _________.
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hinterlands (PreInd)
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'_________ ________' ensured, therefore no need for spatial distancing among classes.
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Social Distancing (PreInd)
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________ designs - walled cites, with the poor outside.
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defensive (PreInd)
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'__________ urbanism' - many cities were abandoned & destroyed
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Unsustainable (PreInd)
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Unhealthy - high population __________ and little ___________
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concentrations, infrastructure (PreInd)
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__________ __________ - socially sanctioned , rank, power, & prestige inherited via family/kinship systems.
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hierarchical stratification (PreInd-ASO)
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Social position inherited at birth - highly restricted _______ social ______.
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upward, mobility (PreInd-ASO)
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Social position not necessarily linked to _________ position - __________ systems
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economic, patronage (PreInd-ASO)
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________ and _______ divisions - position by social-spatial ascription.
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Ethnic/Racial divisions (PreInd-ASO)
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________ roles socially defined in terms of females' ________/_______ vs males' ________ roles. They led separate '_________'
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Gender, family/household, economic, social lives (PreInd-ASO)
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Rich and powerful dictated ______ ______ in the city and urban ____________ in terms of their ability to dominate, share dominance, and subordinate other classes, ethnic groups.
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spatial order, land-utilization (PreInd-SO)
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________ occupied City center, accompanied by their _______ classes, their __________, and their _________.
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Elites, serving, entourages, clients. (PreInd-SO)
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_________ and ________ concentrated in enclaves for business reasons, patronage/protection & ____________ efficiencies: artisans developed _______ & _________ schemes to reproduce themselves; merchants were "________ groups"
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Artisans/Merchants, agglomeration, guilds, apprenticeship (PreInd-SO)
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Poor under-class occupied the ___________ of the city, often ________ the city walls, beyond the ________ of the elites.
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periphery, outside, domain (PreInd-SO)
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_______ _______ important for symbolism, displays of power, patronage, religious, and social control.
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Built Environment (PreInd-SO)
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Spatial Differentiation or Residential Separation are not __________
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necessary (PreInd)
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Residential Proximity is not __________ to the elites.
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threatening (PreInd)
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Stages in evolution of human societies
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1. Reciprocal Societies
2. Rank Distribution
3. Money-exchange systems
4 Mercantile societies
5. CapitalismL industrial and late
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"Enclosure" of common lands
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Concentration of land ownership & creation of surplus labor -landlessness (IndEng)
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Developments in the Industrial Revolution:
(4 Listed)
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Development of the steam engine
Expansion of coal mining
Growth and expansion of textile markets
Expansion of "Quantitative economy"
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Family labor divisions - ______ and ______ (e.g. nails)
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farming/artisanal (IndEng1)
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Expansion from ___________ of commodities to full full domestic ____________
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hand-production, industrialization (IndEng1)
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application of ______ to making of ________ ushered in "Industrial Revolution"
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power, yarns (IndEng1)
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woollen industry expanded in West Riding of _____+________ trade, then came then the expansion of the _______ manufacturing sector in _________.
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Yorkshire, Manchester, cotton, Lancashire (IndEng1)
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Importing of _______ ________ was forbidden... raw _______ imported instead.
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Indian yarns, cotton (IndEng1)
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_____ villages and towns have long - (eg Roman lead & Cornish tin)
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mining (IngEng1)
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Towns become the support of countryside. Rural landowners profited from ______ ______ for foods: wheat, meat, and vegetables.
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urban demands (IndEng2)
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Surplus _______ labor was drawn to ________.
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rural, cities (IndEng2)
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Political divisions between ______ _______ and _______ ______ hardened.
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Rural Tories, Urban Whiges (IndEng2)
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Urban morphogenesis of the Industrial town: working class, ____-houses - terraces, _______ to ______
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row, back to backs (IndEng3)
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Public _______, and public ________.
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houses, conveniences (IndEng3)
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working class districts - row houses ranged roung several ________ and served by local ______ and _______...
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factories, shops, pubs (IndEng3)
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factories were ______ and _______ structures with several floors
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tall, compact (IndEng3)
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Central areas were preferred neighborhoods of ______ and _____ classes
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middle and upper (IndEng3)
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in the back courts, small alleys were quite commonly found ______ where tiny deteriorated buildings housed the very poor, casual and menial laborers.
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"stews" (IndEng3)
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_______ and ______ station development - very important "re-development" mechanism, destroying unsightly areas in the city. Only later were _____ class to use the railways.
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Railroad/Railway, working (IndEng3)
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___________ introduced by 1820's in London and Manchester... _____ and ______ classes moved to suburban "villa" communities.
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omnibuses, gentry/upper-middle (IndEng3)
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Spatial separation used as a mechanism for ________ _________.
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Social Distancing (IndEng4)
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________ ______ districts, with high residential densities, located near factories , housing often provided by family owners of __________ _______.
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Working class, manufacturing firms (IndEng4)
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In housing styles, social status and class position was demontrated by __________ detailing - "_______" becoming a matter of concern for socially-conscious Victorians.
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architectural, address (IndEng4)
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Evolutions of US Urban System during the Capitalist Eras (______-______)
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1790-2010 (USUS)
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1790-1840_______, _______ era.
Gateway port cities serving as ________ for European _________.
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Frontier, Mercantile
intermediaries, mercantilism (Merc)
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Constitution favored ____-based commerce and _______ enterprises.
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city, manufacturing (merc)
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Second-order centers were farther inland- _______ towns, __________, ______ centers
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resource, rail-head, trade (merc)
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River-based locations provided _________ advantages.
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trade-access (merc)
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Era of Early, Industrial __________ Capitalism (1840-1885)
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"Classical"
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_________ and ________ of a maturing urban system occurred during the Classical Capitalism era.
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Expansion/Realignment (ClasCap)
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_____ _______ _______ had become the dominant commercial, financial, industrial city
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New York City (ClasCap)
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Cities of the _____ Coast had built upon their ________ status to become independent _______, commercial, and _______ centers.
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East, gateway, financial, manufacturing (ClasCap)
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East Coast Cities building upon their gateway status to become independent centers linked _______ capital with ______ ventures.
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European, U.S. (ClasCap)
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_________ European immigration provided a ____ _____ labor pool.
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Northwest, cheap, urban (ClasCap)
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Inland cities in advantageous locations with "____________" advantages, rail and water transportation, grew rapidly. (eg ________, _______)
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break-of-bulk, St. Louis, Chicago (ClasCap)
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City system moved towards a _________ distribution.
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Rank-size (ClasCap)
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Automobile era was during the era of national, _______-______ capitalism.
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industrial-corporate (CorpCap)
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Continued growth of some leading cities of the previous era + Rapid growth of large-scale __________ centers: ______ growing to become 2nd largest by 1920; _______, ________ also grew rapidly
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Manufacturing, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg (CorpCap)
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A highly interconnected manufacturing ________ ________ controlled the national economic landscape.
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Midwestern Heartland (CorpCap)
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Rank-sized hierarchy developed with __________ cities increasing rapidly
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middle-order (CorpCap)
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West Coast ________ increased: Los Angeles & Bay Area center
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urbanization (CorpCap)
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Great Depression (1929-1935)-> ____ ______ & __________ economics
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New Deal, Keynesian (CorpCap)
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World War II (1939-1945) U.S. industrial economy _________ - and SURVIVED
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expanded (CorpCap)
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Mature, Industrial-Monopoly Capitalism (1945-1973/4) - Decentralization and _________ Consolidation
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Metropolitan (MonopCap)
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Emergence of ____-_______ and __________ formations: East Coast megalopolis_-BOSWASH; Great Lakes ( Chicago->Detroit->Pittsburg->Buffalo->Toronto); Greater Los Angeles. Rapid growth of Houston.
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super-metropolitan and megalopolitan formations (MonopCap)
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_______ -> _______ migration of African-Americans to _______ Areas
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South, North, Metro (MonopCap)
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Rapid _____________ - "white flight" inner city, racial divisions
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suburbanization (MonopCap)
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mid-1970s CRISIS: New York _________ in 1973; first ______ price-shock '74/'75
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bankruptcy, OPEC (MonopCap)
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Global Capitalism - Macro-level, _________-urbanization (?) & snow belt/sun belt shifts
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counter (GloCap)
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Local deconcentration - _____________
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exurbanization (GloCap)
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Global Cities as international ________ hubs: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth
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financial (GloCap)
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_________ cores in South: Southwest (Gulf Coast); Southeast (Atlanta & Miami)
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Incipient (GloCap)
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Emergence of Edge cities - ex-urban "_______ planned communities"
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exclusive (GloCap)
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Metropolitan areas functioning as "__________"
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consumerscapes (GloCap)
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