GGRB05H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hoodie, Cash Flow, Air Miles
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9/11/2012 9:18:00 am study of cities through spatial lenses ( scale, place, space) set of approachs theories concepts to explain cities and urban life. Urban geography (marxian, poststructuralist can be studied at a range of different spatial scales: the region, national urban systems, cities and the global economy, the neighbourhood, the streetscape, the body. The centrality of information made possible by instant communication. Increasing trend toward standardization of economic and social products. Economic political and cultural activities have begun to cross national boundaries. Relates practices and technologies that speed up contemporary life thus overcoming spatial barriers and minimizing the time. Globalization is not affecting all cities in the same ways. Creating greater inequality both between and within cities. Refers to something that is happening over time and space but also a set of relations. Glocalization refers to the simultaneous localization of the global and globalization of the local. Urban transformation has been a fundamental factor in development.
