Urban Geography (The Second Urban Revolution)

The Second Urban Revolution 
  - a large scale movement of people to cities to work in manufacturing. Made possible by:

1. Second agricultural revolution that improved food production and created a larger surplus 
2. industrialization, which encouraged growth of cities near industrial resources 

                   *snowball effect*
During Second Half of 20th Century 
  - nature of manufacturing changed and locations changed too. Many factories have been abandoned, creating "rust belts" out of once-thriving industrial districts 

• houses and cities in Indus River were all the same size and all had access to the local sewer system 

Zones of a city:

• central business district (CBD)
• central city (the CBD + order housing zones)
• suburb (outlying, functioning uniform zone outside central city)

Edge City:

• suburban downtowns often located near key freeway intersections often with:

          - office complexes 

          - shopping centers 

          - hotels 

          - restaurants

          - entertainment facilities

          - sport complexes 

Making cities in the Global Core

• redlining- financial institutions refusing to lend money in certain neighborhoods 
• blockbusting- realtors purposefully sell a home at a low price to an African American and then solicit white residents to sell their homes at low prices to generate "white flight"