1. Extra Credit & Personal Enrichment Opportunity Santiago Jimenez Jr. Accordionist and singer Santiago Jiménez, Jr. An Evening of Tex-Mex Conjunto Music Monday, November 6 / 8 p.m. / UCSB Campbell Hall / FREE Accordionist, singer and champion of the old-style conjunto music of his father, the legendary Don Santiago Jiménez, Santiago Jiménez, Jr. will perform and discuss compositions, from polkas to rancheras, by his father. The lecture-demonstration will be introduced and accompanied by bassist José Reyna. Part of the series Visions from the Heart.

2. What is urban geography? Study of how cities function, their internal systems and structure, and the external influences on them.. Variation among cities: internal and external relationships. Key concepts & trends: – Agglomeration: clustering for mutual advantage – Specialization: mfg. Product associated with cities (Sheffield, Milwaukee) – W. Europe:1800, 20%2000, 75% – World: 1800, 3%2000, 55% Urban Geography: Urbanization and Location

3. Urban hierarchy and typology hamlet: a few 100 people, limited services or functions village: several dozen services town: services with more specialization; hinterland city: higher specialization; larger hinterland; CBD and centrality megalopolis: linked, proximate metropolitan areas (Eastern seaboard) reach: range of attraction to the city centrality: economic power relative to competing cities. Urban Geography: Urbanization and Location

4. Place and Location: Situation Ex. Schenzhen near border of Hong Kong Profits from its relative location Situation can change over time – Chicago: first nature and second nature. – Northeastern manufacturing belt in U.S. Urban Geography: Urbanization and Location

6. Place and Location: Urban Site Physical qualities of the place a city occupies (Chicago, Paris) Mexico City – Mountain flanked basin – On dry lake bed (water shortage) – vulnerability to earthquakes – trapped air pollution (L.A., Athens) Bangkok, Thailand: sinking due to pumping water Mayan ruins research at UCSB Geography/Anthropology Urban Geography: Urbanization and Location

7. Region containing known Maya Archaeological sites Northernmost extent of the tropical rain forest Urban Geography: Site and Situation in Ancient Mayan Settlements Current UCSB Research: Keith Clarke, Anabell Ford, and Jorge Sifuentes

8. Tikal Largest Archaeological site in the region More than 85 courtyard plazas (~150 ha) Majority of structures still covered by forest Urban Geography: Site and Situation in Ancient Mayan Settlements

9. Belize River Area and Core Petén Tikal. ~ 150 ha Naranjo (SE) ~ 75 ha Uaxactún (N) ~ 50 ha Yaxhá (SE) ~ 50 ha El Pilar (E) ~ 50 ha Seats of power over vast populations Control rested primarily in the proper management of the resource area Urban Geography: Site and Situation in Ancient Mayan Settlements

10. Land Resources in Order of Productivity 1. Well drained ridges – unevenly distributed across the region, implying dispersed settlement patterns with a hierarchy in population and area. 2. Poorly drained lowlands. 3. Riverine-associated swamps. 4. Non-productive depression swamps. Drinking water is not readily available in interior Petén, today’s sources are reservoirs designed and constructed by the Maya. Urban Geography: Site and Situation in Ancient Mayan Settlements

12. Hypothesized settlement growth and centralization animation Urban Geography: Site and Situation in Ancient Mayan Settlements

13. Hypothesized settlement rank size and centralization order Urban Geography: Site and Situation in Ancient Mayan Settlements

14. Von Thunen’s Agricultural Land Use Model: 1. Isolated state 2. Single market at center 3. Market price, p, same for all producers of a given crop 4. Featureless plain 5. Yield per unit acre same everywhere 6. Transportation costs are proportional to distance and invariant to direction 7. Farmers maximize profits Rural Geography (Ch.14 pp. 199-201)

15. Symbolic model: LR = Y (p-c) - Ytd Rural Geography (Ch.14 pp. 199-201)