GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Primate City, Global City, Affordable Housing
21 Dec 2016
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Five motions of cultural changes that permanently altered the spatial and social organization of society: agriculture required a settle down. Settlements: rather than being of temporary construction, were built of more permanent material where true villages could emerge near the arm lands. The overall density of population in agricultural areas increased substantially. True food surpluses became possible, and they could be planned for. The food supply was on a more regular schedule: agricultural development set into motion an even greater division of labour. Food surpluses store, tax, distribute, and trade food. Hinterland: the area surrounding a city from which it obtains its food. Urbanization: the increase in the percentage of people who live within cities. Food surpluses labour specialization complex societies social hierarchy. Innovation, innovation & more innovation: urban population densities. Cultural hearths spawned urbanization: areas from which culture traits originated spawned urbanization.
