Urbanization Key Points Adapted from Knox Urbanization Key Points

Urban Areas are Key to HG Economic development Centers of cultural innovation Social transformation Political change More than ½ the world’s population

Independent Development Earliest cities developed independently in hearth areas of 1st agricultural revolution 1st region = Middle East Greece, Rome, Byzantium later

Gateway Cities Created by expansion of trade Associated with colonialism/imperialism Most were ports Command centers controlling entry/exit

Impact of Industrial Revolution New kinds of cities, and lots of them Large labor force, transportation, infrastructure of factories, warehouses, stores, markets Increased pace of urbanization

Core-Periphery Trends 1950 – 2/3 of urban population was in the core/MDCs Majority of growth now in periphery/LDCs

World Cities Control centers for flows of information, cultural products, an finance Sustain economic & cultural globalization

Centrality Many megacities of the periphery are primate cities Exhibit centrality – most cultural, economic, political activity

Globalization & Urbanization Networked infrastructures – transportation, information & communication Uneven development Serve only certain kinds of metropolitan areas “splintering” effect on patterns of urbanization

Concentric Zone

Sector

Multiple Nuclei

Urban Models in MDCs/LDCs For each region, identify: Three primate cities Does each city follow the model? Choose one city and analyze the degree to which the city follows the model with detailed explanation Images of each sector Turn in to my Complete folder Latin America Sub-Saharan Africa Southeast Asia