GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Traffic Congestion, Land Values, Global National
6 Oct 2018
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Cities inside the system exist better, then ones outside. Trade decreased as the roman empire clasped: ottawa has a significant amount of power, relationship between toronto and other cities in ontario. Types of urban systems: urban cities defined by linkages, geographic scale. Social surplus and agglomeration (cid:858)colo(cid:374)ial(cid:859) (from james vance, mercantile model) System moves towards interior to exploit raw materials. E(cid:448)e(cid:374)tuall(cid:455), s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) (cid:373)ore fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)all(cid:455) i(cid:374)tegrated a(cid:374)d depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t, rese(cid:373)(cid:271)les (cid:858)(cid:272)lassi(cid:272)(cid:859) s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) National urban systems 1: most cities accommodate a variety of functions, many suggested classification schemes: Amount of employment in a particular sector. Multivariate statistical analysis: allen pred (1977) classified urban systems according to their internal interdependence and external openness. Settlement patterns often reflect different urban functions, for example: City-size distribution 1 (cid:862)distri(cid:271)ution of (cid:272)ities/ur(cid:271)an regions (cid:271)y population(cid:863: directly or indirectly associated with: Levels of amenity / diversity of services: how diverse is the population, what(cid:859)s the (cid:448)alue that the (cid:272)it(cid:455) gi(cid:448)es like re(cid:272)reatio(cid:374)al. City-size distribution 2: continuous or rank-size distribution.
