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16 Cards in this Set
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what Pre-Industrial cities had in common
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1. pop. relatively small
2. walls around them 3. ascribed statuses (rigid classing system) |
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what Industrial cities had in common
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1. larger
2. grew beyond walls (or had no walls to begin with) 3. places people could break out of ascribed stauses |
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Concentric Zone Theory
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Ernest Burges
"industrial cities tend to grow outward from CBD [central business district] O ) ) CBD zone of transition housing/ind. |
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Sector Theory
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Homer Hoyt
separated by diff. transportation lines (ie: river, highways, roads, RR) |
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Multiple Nuclei Theory
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-1940s
different areas for different land uses o O 0 O o o 0 |
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Conflict Theorist on communities
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those in power (ie builders, bankers, and [maybe] politicians) determine whether city thrives or dies
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Kinds of people who live in cities
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1.cosmopolites [sophisticated]
2.unmarried and childless [to be near social-life/ opportunities] 3.ethnic/urban villagers [choice/ neccessity] 4.deprived [poor neighborhoods, can't afford to move] 5. trapped [at one time, had a choice to move, now, can't afford to] |
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defended neighborhood
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-unique identities
-sense of ethnocentrism |
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resaons why suburbs were a big hit
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1. tax deduction
2. GI Bill=schooling and housing for vets. 2. Mortgage loans cheap for vets. |
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3 different kinds of suburbs
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1. Bedroom suburbs [1 wage earner, 1
stay-at-home; "anyone could be part of a suburb"] 2. Retail suburbs {more jobs; people moving to work in suburbs] 3. Commercial suburbs[have more people during the day then at night; "the Reverse Commute"] |
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inter-ring suburbs
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suburbs closest to mother cities
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Functionalist Theory of suburbanization
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"American Dream" choice
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3 preconditions in order for a city to develop
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1. favorable enviroment [favorable
climate and soi] 2. advanced technology [produce social surplus] 3. well-developed social organization [power structure] |
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social area analysis
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examines urban populations in terms of economic status, family status, and ethnic classification
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urbanism
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the distinctive social and psychological patterns of life typically found in the city
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10 largest metropolises
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1. Tokyo, Japan [26.4]
2. Mexico City, Mexico [18.4] 3. Bombay, India [18.0] 4. Sao Paulo, Brazil [17.8] 5. New York City, USA [16.6] 6. Lagos, Nigeria [13.4] 7. Los Angeles, USA [13.1] 8. Calcutta, India [12.9] 9. Shanghai, China [12.9] 10. Buenos Aires, Argentina [12.6] |