PLAN 349- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 50 pages long!)
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Megacities: population more than 10 million people. China: highly concentrated in eastern region (limited by country"s geographical situation) Infrastructure development isn"t only roads; also supply of energy: dark areas aren"t empty, just means that not enough energy supply or not strong enough. At the moment, more urban population than rural population. High urbanization rate =/= country is well developed (better developed education/health care/etc); eg: south american countries. Countries in asia + africa are accelerating (urbanization) 130 years after 1800 for world to reach 2nd billion, then 11 years to reach 3rd. Population is still increasing, especially in cities. Graph: comparative distribution of the world"s urban population, 1950-2000. Asia and africa house the most population increases. Graph: the urban and rural population of the world, 1950-2030. Industrialization is the cause for cities to become in the top 10. Year 100: rome, luoyand (honan), seleucia, alexandira, antioch, anuradhapura, peshwar, Year 1000: cordova, kaifeng, constantinople, angkor, kyoto, cairo, baghdad, nishapur, al-
