Unit 7
Urbanization
What We Will Learn
VII. Cities and Urban Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13–17% A. Development and character of cities 1. Origin of cities; site and situation characteristics 2. Forces driving urbanization 3. Borchert’s epochs of urban transportation development 4. World cities and megacities 5. Suburbanization processes B. Models of urban hierarchies: reasons for the distribution and size of cities 1. Gravity model 2. Christaller’s central place theory 3. Rank-size rule 4. Primate cities C. Models of internal city structure and urban development: strengths and limitations of models 1. Burgess concentric zone model 2. Hoyt sector model 3. Harris and Ullman multiple nuclei model 4. Galactic city model 5. Models of cities in Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and South Asia D. Built environment and social space 1. Types of residential buildings 2. Transportation and utility infrastructure 3. Political organization of urban areas 4. Urban planning and design (e.g., gated communities, New Urbanism, and smart-growth policies) 5. Census data on urban ethnicity, gender, migration, and socioeconomic status 6. Characteristics and types of edge cities: boomburgs, greenfields, uptowns E. Contemporary urban issues 1. Housing and insurance discrimination, and access to food stores 2. Changing demographic, employment, and social structures 3. Uneven development, zones of abandonment, disamenity, and gentrification 4. Suburban sprawl and urban sustainability problems 5. Urban environmental issues: transportation, sanitation, air and water quality, and farmland protection |
KAPLAN: IF YOU ONLY LEARN 7 THINGS IN THIS UNIT...
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Homework
unit_7_vocab_rgq_-_2018.pdf |
Book
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Book PowerPoint
Chapter 9 |
Just to Help - Fill-In-The Blank-Notes
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Class PowerPoints and Notes
Day 1
About 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers, aided by rudimentary agriculture, moved to semi-permanent villages and never looked back. With further developments came food surpluses, leading to commerce, specialization and, many years later with the Industrial Revolution, the modern city. Vance Kite plots our urban past and how we can expect future cities to adapt to our growing populations.
Directions: AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO, COMPOSE CLEAR, COMPLETE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING SHORT ANSWERS:
1. Discuss the importance of improvements in farming techniques to the development of cities.
2. Reliable food supplies allowed humans the luxury of free time, which provided the opportunity to produce items for trade. Describe how the production of goods contributed to the growth of cities.
3. Experts predict that global population will top out around 10 billion people, with 7 billion of those people living in cities. What are some of the opportunities and challenges that cities will face as the population increases?
4. Initially, cities sprang up as people sought access to basic necessities. What factors will drive the growth of cities in the future
Directions: AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO, COMPOSE CLEAR, COMPLETE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING SHORT ANSWERS:
1. Discuss the importance of improvements in farming techniques to the development of cities.
2. Reliable food supplies allowed humans the luxury of free time, which provided the opportunity to produce items for trade. Describe how the production of goods contributed to the growth of cities.
3. Experts predict that global population will top out around 10 billion people, with 7 billion of those people living in cities. What are some of the opportunities and challenges that cities will face as the population increases?
4. Initially, cities sprang up as people sought access to basic necessities. What factors will drive the growth of cities in the future
Unit 7 - Day 1 - Urban History |
Day 2
Unit 7 - Day 2 - Urban Stations |
Day 3 and 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
the_world_urban_hierarchy.pdf |
Day 7
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Study Guide
Unit 7 - Study Guide |