Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Urban Geography

Urban Geography
*when and why did people start living in cities?*
  • city: a conglomeration of people and buildings clustered together to serve as a center of politics, culture and economics 
Urban:
- the build up of a central city and the suburban realm
* 50% people live in urban areas*
  • a rural area can become urbanized quite quickly in the modern world 
Example: Shenzhen, China

The first Urban Revolution
Agricultural Villages:
- before urbanization, people often clustered in agricultural villages 
  • a relatively small egalitarian village where most of the population was involved 

No comments:

Post a Comment