GGR205H1 Lecture Notes - Biological Determinism, Political Movement, Transnationalism
Document Summary
Oil: historical patterns of urbanization: social and ecological environments of cities. Part ii: thinking about cities: urban diversity and representation, modernism and post-modernism b. Transnationalism and diaspora: urban representations, sustainable urban landscapes: planning and design. International debates about sustainable cities: sustainable cities idea b, key urban form values, major programs to bring these into practice, toronto examples, urban political ecology a. Definitions: urban: the characteristics attributed to a physical space (city, city: a physical space with urban characteristics, urbanization: the process of becoming urban. Removal of rural characteristics of an area. Population density: more people: urbanization level: number of people living in an area that is defined as. Urban": urbanization rate: speed of urbanization process, transnational urban system: global cities linked through globalization of transactions, transnational corporations (tncs): global cities are headquarters for. Tncs: fire economy: finance, insurance, and real estate.
