GEOG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Gecekondu, Environmental Degradation, Urban Geography
27 Oct 2017
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Urbanization in the periphery: urbanization in core: resulted from economic growth, urbanization in periphery: resulted from demographic growth, prior to economic development, push-pull factors. Overurbanization (cid:862)a condition in which cities grow more rapidly than their jobs and housing can sustain(cid:863: unemployment/underemployment. The informal economy: economic activities that take place without official oversight and record, without formal systems of regulation. Dualism: juxtaposition in the same space of formal and informal sectors. Squatter settlements diy urbanism: squatting: (cid:862)living in or using otherwise a dwelling [or land] without the consent of the owner. Squatters take buildings [or land] with the intention of relatively (>1 year) long-term use(cid:862: c. 600 million to 1 billion people squatting globally, with the vast majority located in periphery/semi- periphery, brazil: favelas. Urban geography: urban form: the physical structure of cities in their land use, layout, and built environment, urban ecology: the social and demographic composition of city spaces.
