GEO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Urban Sprawl, Water Pollution, Cholera
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City is influenced by other cities cities of developing world. Can"t initially afford to live in center. More than 2 billion reside in slums today. Rural to urban migration: attracting the poor for economic opportunity. Defining slums: inadequate fresh water, poor infrastructure and sanitation, poor housing (self built, overcrowded, high mobility/ insecure housing. Cities have some urban planning but poor zoning. Still dependent on coal as source of energy. Food production, ex brazil (largest producer of coffee and soy) One of the leading causes of death in developing world. 40% of india pop. drinks water 10% treated. Mumbai: 1 per 1000 residents have toilets. Changes based off of pop. needs and economic shifts. Trying to create a green and sustainable city. Land between two rivers (euphrates and tigris) First ones to build two story building. What led to the establishment of cities: geography aka good soil, fertile crescent , more food supports larger population, water, survival, trade, defense.
