PPT-Ch. 2: From Ancient Cities to an Urban world

Categories in ancient period and rapid industrialization Increase in scale of human settlements and consequences for social organization ie social stratification Impact of city on culture and experience. Greg Clark . Sao Paulo, September 2014. © The Business of Cities Ltd. The Global Urban Age. Much talk of:. The Urban Age. The management of urbanisation.. The global economy.. The global environment.. AP Human Geography. Cities and Urban Land Use Unit. For today, . 04/23. Pick up an article and quietly begin working. When finished, g. o to my website and take notes over today’s . powerpoint. Chapter 13 quiz & Vocab and Map Exam is Tuesday, 4/28. City Planning . (or . urban planning. ) is the professional pursuit that attempts to design cities to maximize their efficiency, functionality, and beauty.. In today’s world of sprawling metropolitan areas, . . Advanced Placement Human Geography. Session 1. Urban Geography. What is urban geography?. Urban geography focuses on:. how cities . function. the internal . systems. and . structures. of cities. IB Grade 12 optional theme. Main case-studies. Shanghai. London. Dhaka. Define Urbanisation. Urbanisation. or . urbanization. is the growth of urban areas population as a result of rural migration and even suburban concentration into cities, particularly the very largest ones.. Urban Economics. Urban economics combines both economics and geography:. Economics explores how people make decisions under scarcity, while. Geography explains where human activity occurs.. Urban economics explores the location choices of maximizing agents. America’s Urban Origins. Cities played a different role in the 18. th. , 19. th. and 20. th. centuries. Technological change has been an important factor in determining the role and importance of cities across time. . Advanced Placement Human Geography. Session 3. Early Urbanization . Around the Mediterranean. Early Settlements. Settlements were . originally. established in the area around the eastern . Core Case Study: The . Ecocity. Concept in Curitiba, Brazil. Ecocity. , green city. :. Curitiba, Brazil . Bus system: cars banned in certain areas. Housing and industrial parks. Recycling of materials. America’s Urban Origins. Cities played a different role in the 18. th. , 19. th. and 20. th. centuries. Technological change has been an important factor in determining the role and importance of cities across time. The Preindustrial City: Past. . and Present. (1960). Sjoberg said that all cities were a product of their societies and went through stages:. Folk-preliterate. Feudal. Preindustrial. Urban-industrial. Facts and Statistics about Suburbanization. The detached . single-family home . is the dominant feature on the American suburban landscape.. The suburbs are generally economically middle class.. The first suburban single-family homes appeared in the 1890s.. A – An Urban World. B – What are Global Cities?. C – The City of the 21. st. Century. Conditions of Usage. For personal and classroom use only. Excludes any other forms of communication such as conference presentations, published reports and papers.. Key Message #1. 11. Ch. 11 | Built Environment, Urban Systems, and Cities. The opportunities and resources in urban areas are critically important to the health and well-being of people who work, live, and visit there. Climate change can exacerbate existing challenges to urban quality of life, including social inequality, aging and deteriorating infrastructure, and stressed ecosystems. Many cities are engaging in creative problem solving to improve quality of life while simultaneously addressing climate change impacts..