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23 Cards in this Set
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What are megacities?
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Cities with a population of over 10,000,000 people. (i.e. Tokyo, Mexico City, New York, etc.)
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True/False: Cities are a new idea? Explain.
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True. Cities have existed at most only a mere 7,000 to 10,000 years.
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How many megacities are there currently according to the World Bank, and what is special about them?
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There are 26 megacities, and of those 26, 21 are found in developing countries.
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What does the term civis in Latin refer to?
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It refers to a citizen living in a city.
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What does the term urbs in Roman refer to?
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It refers to the built form of a city. It is where we get the word urban.
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What is urbanization?
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The number of people in an urban area.
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What is urbanism?
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Sociocultural consequences of living in urban areas.
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What is gesellschaft?
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Larger scale "societal" relations of a city/urban environment.
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What is gemeinschaft?
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Smaller intimate scale with "community" relations in a rural environment.
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What is the "cultural definition" of urban population? "Political definition?" "Economic definition?" "Demographic definition?"
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"Cultural Definition"- urban culture
"Political Def."- administrative function "Economic Def."-% of people in non-agricultural jobs "Demographic Def."- size of the population |
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Who was the 1st to enter the industrial age and undergo urban transformation?
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England
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What was rapid growth of cities during the 19th and 20th centuries called?
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Urban Revolution
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What percentage of the population was rural in 1800? 1900?
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1800- 97% rural
1900- 86% rural |
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What is the "crisis of the cities?"
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The production of personal alienation and social disorganization due to urbanism.
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Who wrote "Urbanism as a Way of Life?"
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Louis Wirth
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What did Louis Wirth say created urbanism?
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Size, density, and heterogeneity.
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What is the "human ecological approach?"
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Broadly concerned with development of ecology of the city (interactions of individuals).
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What is the "political economy approach?"
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When you look at the political and economic decisions made by multinationals and political institutions. Research of gentrification.
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What is gentrification?
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The revitalization of urban neighborhoods. Typically by the wealthy.
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Is urbanism more macro or micro-oriented?
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Micro
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What are some of the social consequences of urbanism?
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Disorganization, depersonalization, loss of values and norms.
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Name 5 European theorists.
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Germans:
Karl Marx (1818-1883) George Simmel (1858-1918) Ferdinand Tonnies (1855-1936) Max Weber (1864-1920) French: Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) |
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What are capitalists according to Marx? Proletariat? Bourgeoisie?
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Capitalist- owned factories
Proletariat- provided underpaid labor Bourgeoisie- property owning town dwellers |
