SERVICES GO TO THE PEOPLE OBJ: TO DETERMINE WHICH SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN WHICH SETTLEMENTS & WHY.
RURAL SETTLEMENTS CLUSTERED R.S.: AG BASED COMMUNITY WHERE # OF FAMILIES LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER HAMLET OR VILLAGE CIRCULAR (SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PASTORAL NOMADS- MAASI) LINEAR- ALONG A ROAD OR RIVER TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION LONG-LOT SYSTEM STARTED IN FRANCE DISPERSED R.S.: TYPICAL OF N.A. RURAL LANDSCAPE, FARMERS LIVING ON INDIVIDUAL FARMS ISOLATED FROM NEIGHBORS
CLUSTERED SETTLEMENTS IN COLONIAL AMERICA NEW ENGLAND SETTLEMENTS CENTERED ON A COMMON HOMES & PUBLIC BUILDINGS CLUSTERED DUE TO LAND GRANT & TRAVELED IN GROUPS REINFORCE COMMON CULTURE DEFENSE AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS WITH A PARTNER DISCUSS THE PROS & CONS OF CLUSTERED & DISPERSED SETTLEMENTS DRAW A BOX IN YOUR NOTES WITH 2 ROWS TITLED CLUSTERED & DISPERSED & THEN TITLE THE COLUMNS PROS & CONS & LIST THEM
ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT GREAT BRITAIN TOOK OVER INDIVIDUAL LOTS & CREATED SINGLE LARGE FARMS OWNED BY AN INDIVIDUAL GREATER AG EFFICIENCY DESTROYED VILLAGE LIFE COINCIDED WITH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SO OUT OF WORK FARMERS MOVED TO CITY FOR WORK
SERVICES IN SETTLEMENTS CONSUMER: RETAIL PUBLIC: RELIGION, GOVERNMENT, MILITARY BUSINESS: STORE EXTRA FOOD & SELL IT DEVELOPED OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS LOCATIONAL ADVANTAGE IMPORTANT TO DEVELOPMENT OF EARLIEST CITIES
QUICK HISTORY OF CITIES PREHISTORIC: FERTILE CRESCENT SW ASIA & NORTH AFRICA: UR IN MESOPOTAMIA ANCIENT: KNOSSOS, TROY, MYCENAE, ATHENS, ROME CITY STATE: INDEPENDENT SELF- GOVERNING COMMUNITES INCLUDING THE SETTLEMENT & RURAL COUNTRYSIDE MEDIEVAL: 11 TH CENTURY POST ROME COLLAPSE: CHINESE CITIES OVER 1MILL B/W C.E.
URBANIZATION: PROCESS BY WHICH POPULATION OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS GROWS. 2 ASPECTS: 1) INCREASE IN # OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SETTLEMENT & 2) INCREASE IN THE %AGE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SETTLEMENT WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN #’S 1 & 2? WRITE THE ANSWERS IN YOUR NOTES DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY OCCUR FOR DIFFERENT REASONS & HAVE DIFFERENT GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN URBAN & RURAL SETTLEMENTS? WRITE THE ANSWERS IN YOUR NOTES
PERCENTAGE – OBSERVATIONS?
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN URBAN & RURAL SETTLEMENTS LOUIS WIRTH 3 PART DISTINCTION URBAN LOUIS WIRTH: URBAN DWELLER FOLLOWS DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE THAN THE RURAL DWELLER 3 CHARACTERISTICS: LARGE SIZE: KNOW A FEW PEOPLE HIGH DENSITY: SPECIALIZATION & COMPETITION SOCIAL HETEROGENEITY: VARIETY!, GREATER FREEDOM TO PURSUE GOALS, DREAMS, LIFE LONELY, ISOLATED RURAL WIRTH: MAY STILL APPLY IN LDC’S SMALL SIZE: KNOW OR RELATED TO MOST PEOPLE LOW DENSITY: MOST PITCH IN AND DO WHAT’S NECESSARY – ‘JACK OF ALL TRADES’ SOCIAL HOMOGENEITY: AGAIN, WE’RE ALL RELATED, STIFLED IN EXPLORATION OF ‘WHO AM I’