GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Concentric Zone Model, Working Poor
14 Nov 2018
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Two key criteria: workers: demographic: exceeding some threshold of population and or density, what is considered an urban area when defined by a statistical agency, economic. Some variations from around the world: the existence or absence of economic activities, mining, agriculture, finance and manufacturing. Urbanism is an outcome of the process of urbanization. Urbanization: changes in the level of urbanization reflects a significant social and cultural change, recall urbanism, living in cities is fundamentally different than living in rural areas. The proportion of cities in the mdw has declined significantly since the mid 20th century. What is urban structure ( morphology): urban structure: the arrangement of land uses in cities; related to urban morphology, the form or physical organization of the city. Its layout . : commonalities of cities of north america: urban structure, three influential models: explain and generalize the structure of north american cities, concentric zone model, sociologist-ernest burgess, sector model, economist- homor hoyt, multipule nucleai model.
