GEOG 2UI3 Lecture 1: Lecture 1-2UI3
18 Apr 2016
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Geog 2ui3: tuesday september 9, 2014 lecture 1 conceptualizing. Origin of word: from latin urbs --walled town or city. Population density of at 400 people per sq km. Relative concentration of people in towns and cities. Urban-centered region (cities, towns and hinterlands) that function as a system. Urbanization brings new ways of living and behaving. Wirth (1938): way of life changes due to: number of people, physical density, and heterogeneity. Space: a container for unfolding of urban life and an active force shaping city growth and experiences with in cities. Territoriality: the clustering of similar peoples within cities and the spatial segregation of groups (on the basis of religion, sexuality, income, etc sometimes trying to exclude other people from certain parts of the city) The structuring of the urban system (relationship btw cities or regions within the urban system toronto and montreal) Places as bounded settings in which social relations and identities are constituted.
