1. Cities & Urban Land Use

2. 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

3. Urban Hearths

5. 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

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

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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

10. U.S. Urban Growth Stages 10

11. U.S. Urban Growth Stages 11