GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bicycle Wheel, George L. Kelling, Social Disorganization Theory
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Toponymy: city/place names: location, ex; rio de janeiro, brazil (river of january) i, historic figure, ex; washington, d. c. , us i, homeland (george washington, new london, ct. Only city in the world that geographically lies on 2 continents. Western part lies on europe, eastern part lies on asia. Relation of the city to what surrounds it. 1900: twenty of the largest american cities were on a major waterway. Water was the entry for people and resources. 1: zones radiate out, some zones more desirable. Chicago is often seen as an outlier. Very few american cities encompass this model. Poor education (cid:1037) low-skilled labor-force (cid:1037) low per-capita income. Education and income: education vs. income (cid:1036) education increases 10% (cid:1036) per-capita income increases 22, detroit, michigan, education i. , 310 per-capita income: poverty = ,650, housing, public transportation, and health (zone of transition) i. ii. iii. Zone of transition and crime i. ii. iii. iv.
