GGR241H1 Lecture Notes - Tokyo Pop, Megacity, Seoul
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Defining regions: these regional defn. are not static: national income is an excellent measure. Allowing the absence of violent and advancement in lifestyle as under/undeveloped countries change. Urbanization trend l: 40% of the population in urban 2000s, 10% of the population in urban 1890s, 3% of population in urban before 1800s. Urbanization trend ll: changing distribution of the world"s population as the "less developed" parts of the world experience unprecedented urban growth. 0. 950 is high: modern day levels of urbanization emerge after 1800s and are conc. on the atlantic ocean (n. euro) system, britain was the first urban nation, large scale growth btw. Urbanization trend lll: the growing scale of cities: concentrated in asia (esp. How can we explain these changes: transformation of london causes poverty as margaret"s. Modernization theory: stages of development are key to modernization theory. **need captialist investment to pass through these stages** Dependency theory: two voices of dependency theory are fernando cardoso and andre gunder.
