GPHY 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Utopia, Quantitative Revolution, Urban Geography
22 Dec 2016
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Cities = not only physical but also qualitative and cognitive. Differing definitions by place hard to compare rates between places. Why study cities: most of the world(cid:495)s population live in cities. Global perspective (cid:494)acknowledges the importance of macro-structural factors, but also the relationship between globally and locally contingent factors(cid:495) Why study urban geography: explains distribution of towns & cities, the similarities and contrasts between and within them; cities have common characteristics; cities are fundamentally shaped by a host of factors; can approach from both global and local perspective. What is a geographical perspective: emphasises space in its approach to subjects like politics, economy and culture. Urban = relating to twons and cities. The urban system a set of interdependent places and how they might be related. Urbanism a character (cid:494)way of life(cid:495) associated with residence in an urban area. Urbanisation process of change by which an increasing proportion of a pop(cid:495)n live in.
