GGRA03H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Jean Gottmann, Megacity, Urban Renewal
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We are in the midst of the third urban revolution, with three main aspects of global urban change: the world has become increasingly urban, cities have continued to grow larger, creation of giant urban regions and megacities. Throughout the twentieth century, the world has become increasingly urban. Urbanization is occurring rapidly in the developing world. The city was overwhelmed with too many migrants and not enough housing, schools, or health services. Scholars have identified globalizing city regions in which most of urban and industrial growth is concentrated. The largest city region in the us is the urbanized northeast seaboard, a region first named by jean. Megacities- defined as cities with populations of at least 10 million- also impose a heavy environmental toll: megacities are magnets for people, organizations, of and economies, and the fulcrum of many countries" social and economic dynamics.
