North America - I (CHAPTER 3: )
DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS ANGLO-AMERICAN LABEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHRISTIAN FAITHS EUROPEAN NORMS GOVERNMENT, ARCHITECTURE, DIET, ARTS HIGHLY URBANIZED MOBILE POPULATIONS HIGH INCOMES MANUFACTURING OUTPUT FEDERAL STATES WITH PLURAL SOCIETIES
PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
CLIMATE PATTERNS
INDIGENOUS DOMAINS
THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: British Isles Germany Scandinavia South/East Europe Latin America Asia Immigration in 1000s Push Factors Pull Factors +1840s: Irish Potato Famine+Economic Opportunity : Overpopulation, War+Political/Religious Freedom +Recent: Overpopulation, War, Oppression+Land Availability
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
URBAN GEOGRAPHY CONCERNED WITH THE SPATIAL ASPECTS OF CITIES AND URBAN NETWORKS 4 MAJOR THEMES HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF CITIES INTERURBAN GEOGRAPHY INTRAURBAN GEOGRAPHY URBAN SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY PLANNING AND POLICY-MAKING 3 KEY MODELS BORCHERT; ADAMS; VANCE
BORCHERT’S MODEL (METROPOLITAN EVOLUTION) GENERALIZATION OF THE HISTORICAL GROWTH OF THE US URBAN SYSTEM BASED ON KEY CHANGES IN ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY OCCURRED IN 5 STAGES Sail-Wagon Epoch ( ) Iron Horse Epoch ( ) Steel-Rail Epoch ( ) Auto-Air-Amenity Epoch ( ) Satellite-Electronic-Jet Propulsion Epoch (1970-?)
ADAM’S MODEL FOCUSED ON INTRAURBAN GROWTH BASED ON BREAKTHROUGHS IN TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY A PATTERN OF OUTWARD-AREAL EXPANSION OCCURRED IN 4 STAGES <1888- WALKING-HORSECAR ERA ELECTRIC STREETCAR ERA RECREATIONAL AUTO ERA 1945-PRESENT- FREEWAY ERA
1 Electric Streetcars, commuter railroads Arterial Highways ADAM’S MODEL (STAGES OF INTRAURBAN GROWTH) Expressways
1 Electric Streetcars, commuter railroads Arterial Highways ADAM’S MODEL (STAGES OF INTRAURBAN GROWTH) Expressways
2 1 Electric Streetcars, commuter railroads Arterial Highways ADAM’S MODEL (STAGES OF INTRAURBAN GROWTH) Expressways 1880
2 1 Electric Streetcars, commuter railroads Arterial Highways ADAM’S MODEL (STAGES OF INTRAURBAN GROWTH) Expressways 1880
3 2 1 Electric Streetcars, commuter railroads Arterial Highways ADAM’S MODEL (STAGES OF INTRAURBAN GROWTH) Expressways
3 2 1 Electric Streetcars, commuter railroads Arterial Highways Expressways 3 ADAM’S MODEL (STAGES OF INTRAURBAN GROWTH)
1 Electric Streetcars, commuter railroads Arterial Highways ADAM’S MODEL (STAGES OF INTRAURBAN GROWTH) Expressways s
URBAN SPATIAL CHANGES MICROSCALE (Intraurban) James Vance defines a new tributary area; URBAN REALMS Single urban structure of the past is transformed into a multicentered model in which several outlying activity concentrations rival the Central Business District (CBD)
IDEAL FORM OF MULTICENTERED URBAN REALMS MODEL
North America - I (CHAPTER 3: )