Geography 2050A/B Lecture 9: Lecture 9
21 Mar 2017
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Exam: mains question %50 on european union- essay question. Smaller questions on second half course themes (smaller) Barcelona (catelonia) , cardiff (wales), bilbao (basque), edinburg, toulouse (languedoc) Romans speeded the diffusion of urban life through europe founding cities in what is today france, Germany, britain, spain, and along the danube and obviously in italy. The middle ages became the great age of city founding: many european cities originate in the years 800 to 900 ad. After 1800 the majority of european population settled in urban centers. By 1850 london already exceed 2 million. Paris have more than a million in 1846. By the turn of the century berlin had 1 million as well. Europe(cid:859)s (cid:272)ities differ (cid:373)arkedly fro(cid:373) (cid:272)ities i(cid:374) north a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a. In most european cities the street pattern exhibits irregularity and lack of planning. In the old quarters of toledo, lisbon, and seville (spain) arabic influence have produced numerous dead ends.
