GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Agricultural Productivity, Megacity, Division Of Labour
3 Feb 2014
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Greater and greater proportions of the global population are living in urban areas each year: change over time: 10% to 50% in 200 years, change over space: <30% to >80% Urban places can be thought of as: centres of large and densely concentrated populations, centres of technological change and innovation, centres of concentrations of power and economic activity, places which reflect social, economic, and political diversity. 3500-3000 bce in mesopotamia between the tigris and the euphrates: surplus theory: agricultural surplus, social stratification, labour specialization, and rural to urban migration (principle of agglomeration) Second social/cultural and economic transformation: proportion of population living in cities, proportion of population working in agriculture and industry, size of urban cities, homogenous and heterogeneous societies. 1900-2000: emergence of more developed cities: urban conurbations: two cities merging together. 1950-2000: emergence of less developed cities: mega-cities and problems.
