Cities & Urban Land Use

Early Cities Urban Hearth Areas First Urban Revolution Follows the same pattern as agricultural hearth areas Areas: Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, Huang He River Valley, Egypt, & MesoAmerica First Urban Revolution Leadership class developed Population of cities was 10,000-15,000 Ancient Cities were centers of religion, power & economics

Urban Hearths

The Diffusion of Urbanization Classical Cities: The Diffusion of Urbanization Athens – population 250,000 A global city, rather than regional Urbanization diffused from Greece Had acropolis & agora Rome Combine acropolis & agora = forum Urban Morphology- form & structure of cities, incl. street patterns, size and shape

Medieval Cities Europe – see map (Knox 398) Decreased in size and importance Non-European – see map thriving

Colonial Cities Pre-Colonial Colonial (see map Knox 402) Cities tend to be inland Colonial (see map Knox 402) Cities on coast “Deliberately established or developed as administrative or commercial centers by colonial or imperial powers” (Knox 404) Gateway Cities – “serve as a link between one country or region and others because of their physical situation” (Knox 400)

Industrialization Second Urban Revolution prompted by second revolution in agriculture Increased urbanization Location choice based solely on power source Industrial Cities – fundamental reason for existence was to simply assemble, fabricate & distribute manufactured goods Urban Sprawl – unrestricted growth of housing, commercial developments and roads

Industrialization- Shock Cities Chicago 1850 30,000 1880 500,000 1900 1,700,000 1930 3,300,000 Manchester, England 1750 15,000 1801 70,000 1861 500,000 1911 2,300,000

U.S. Urban Growth Stages 10

U.S. Urban Growth Stages 11