World Cities

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Civitas (city)

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Community of People

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Urb (urban)

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Physical Place

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Aristotle: The city is established for the purpose of ____________ and is intended for ____________

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Survival.
Well Being

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Suburb: Is mostly ___________, surrounding what?

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Low Density, surrounding the central part of the city

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Rural Area: Usually has smaller ____________ and an urban area and is characterized by aspect of what lifestyle?

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Population size, agrarian lifestyle

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Urbanization is a process characterized by what: (2)

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1. Movement of people from rural to urban places
2. Change in lifestyle

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Urban Place: Usually defined based on___________

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minimum size of population

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Is there a universally agreed minimum population size for an urban place?

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No - different everywhere

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Urbanized area

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The built-up area of a city or town where buildings, roads, and other urban land uses DOMINATE

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Urbanization Level - is the population concentration measured by

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a percent of people who live in urban places

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Urbanism - All aspects of __________ or human experience that results from _______________ in terms of:
Economic
socio-cultural
political

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Urban Life
Urbanization

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Metropolis -

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And large city

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Metropolitan Area -

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A large city and all its peripheries that are closely located with the central city

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Conurbation - 20th Century European term referring to ___

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Large area of cities (megalopolis) Boston/NYC

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Is the North American version of conurbation

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Megalopolis

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Urban system - Hierarchal network of cities with in a nation or region, ranked by _________ or ____________, linked by ________________ and ________

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Population size
Economic function

Transportation
Communication

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Ecumenopolis -

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A world network of communication threads that link cities around the entire world into a single system

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A millionaire city is a 20th C term referring to a population size of ?

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At least one million

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A megacity is is a city with the population of

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10 million

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World/Global City -

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City that as a critical function in the world..Center of economic trade.

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Term that is synonymous with Conurbation

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Megalopolis

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The SITE refers to the _________of a city

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Environmental Location (geographical)

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The SITUATION refers to the ____________ of a city

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Relative Location - Connotes a city's connection with other places. (NY MAP)

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Urban Morphology

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Physical Form of a city which consits of street patterns, building sizes.

MAN MADE STRUCTURES

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Primate Cities are most common where?

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LDC

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Pre-Industrial City
Industrial City
Post-Industrial City

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1. Early Cities, narrow, not industrialized - Europe

2. Goods are made through manufacturing goods,

3.High-Tech, Technological based

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Colonial City - City established by _________________, odd blend of _________ w/ ___________

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Colonial Forces

Western Culture/Indigenous Culture

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Dual Cities - Show traits of both

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Western and Traditional Cultures

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Differences between Dual and Colonial Cty?

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All Colonial Cities are Dual Cities, however all Dual Cities are not Colonial Cities - some Dual Cities were not colonized.

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In the Concentric Zone Model, the model revolves around what?

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CBD - Commercial Business District.

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In the Concentric Zone Model, the city functions as a what? and has a tendency to _______

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Natural System.

Inner zones invade outer zones

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In Hoyt's sector model, __________ is the center and homes are in __________

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CBD

Sectors

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In the multiple nuclei theory, multiple nuceli exist from _______________

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Competing Commerical Districts

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In the multiple nuclei theory, regions are separated by __________ and a separation of what exists?

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Specialized Industrial Districts

Separation of home and work

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If urban population is 3%, than that means ______________ is 3%

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Urbanization level

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By 2025, the Urbanization Level will be

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over 60%

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In 1900, there were 2 types of countries:

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Colonizer and the Colonized

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Colonies were often located in:

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Latin America, Africa, Asia

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______________the second largest urban area at 20 million people, is larger than three-quarters of the world’s independent states.

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Mexico City

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LDC have a legacy of:
Rural to Urban Migration called:
Severe:

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Colonization
Urbanization
Poverty

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Though globalization is making the world smaller in one sense, urban places must still meet the challenge of

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Sustainability

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The three E's are

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Equity
Environment
Economy

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The Agricultural Revolution transformed hunter/gathers to ______

Lead to production of _________

Stimulus for __________

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Farmers/Permanent Settlements

Food Surplus

Trade

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When and where did the Agricultural Revolution start?

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S/E of the Mediterranean...Mesopotamia

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Urban Revolution:

Surplus of ________ food
Existence of __________
Technological advancements like the _________

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Storeable
Writing
Wheel

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What is the most famous city of Sumer?

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Ur

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In Ur, this was the religious area of the city?

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Temenus - which included a temple, or Ziggeraut

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Early cities were still linked to _________

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Countryside

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Egyptian linear development was made alongside ___________

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The Nile

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Egyptian cities were not

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Walled

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Civilization of Harappa was located where

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Indus and Gagnus river

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What was first found in Harappa

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Planned towns

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In summary, most middle eastern cities were ____________

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walled

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Most Middle Eastern Cities had what in the middle?

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Ziggeraut located in the Temenous

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In pre-industrial cities, where were the rich and poor located?

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Rich - Near Center
Lower Class near the edges

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Pre-Industrial Cities were ________in form

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circular

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Partial Grid pattern was first introduced in what civilization?

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Greece

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Agora as a …………. and ……….. Place, it indicated the importance of …………

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Marketplace
Public
Democracy

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Rome is known as the first ______City

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Millionaire

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Roman Forum replaced the Greek

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Agora

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What is a Castra?

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Found in Rome, a Castra was a building used for temporary centers of military operations, and were commonly the centers of town

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Cardo vs. Decumanus..What goes N/S

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Cardo = North South
Decumanus = East West

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Three Medieval City Types:

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1. Feudal
2. Merchant
3. Absolutist

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Feudalist Cities were the basis of

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local government, justice, army, etc..

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Feudalist cities were closely related to the _____________side

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Country

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In Merchant town, city was based on

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trade

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Merchant towns were divided into

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Occupational Quarters

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The first significant urbanization process took place when?

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Industrial Revolution

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………………. achievements resulted in industrial revolution which technically took place in ………

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Renaissance, England

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In Early Industrial City forms, factories were often built where owners lived which was at the

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City Center

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During Industrialization, a flow a migration of labor force from ______________ in seeking for ________

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Rural areas
Jobs

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India - "Age of .."

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Information

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European Colonial Citys were created from ____________where ______

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Scratch

No other significant urban place has existed

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Grafted Colonial City: European areas __________ to indigenous urban centers

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ADDED

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After WWII, Colonies received their________ and what was located at the capital city

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Independence,
Money

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For colonies that just became independent after WWII, what did the economic forces focus on?

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Agriculture

Export of Raw Materials

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What area will be the most urbanized area by 2030?

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Latin America

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Primate Cities are common where?

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LDC

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Because cities are growing very fast and facilites are growing slow, what is the result?

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Uncontrolled growth

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LDC have what type of neighborhoods, population wise?

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DENSE

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Squatter Settlements were built how?

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Unauthorized construction

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Squatter Settlements are located on what part of the city

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Outer or unpleasant areas

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Slums are located where?

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Old, rundown city centers

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Underemployment is?

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Being overqualified for a job

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Urbanization: How to become modernized without becoming______

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Westernized

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What is Globalization? The movement of ____,____,and _____ around the world

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Products, Money. and Information

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Medieval Towns focused on _____________ and ________

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Security and Protection

Feudalism

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Rural communities of feudal serfs live in a close relationship w/ the ___________

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Fortified Walls

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Streets in medieval towns were normally what

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Narrow, Unplanned

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Renaissance: Rebirth of _________

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Urbanism

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Mercantilism gave rise to the ____________ and who was empowered

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Nation State

Middle Class

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During the _____era, institutional power introduced with what being built?

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Facist, Straight cities, monumental architecture

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Utilitarian Tradition was commonly followed by who

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Europeans

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Most famous Garden City

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Letchworth and welwyn outside London

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International Style was what?

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Technocratic tradition: adding technological analysis to planning :
Functionalism, idea of cities like efficient machines, high-rise apartment blocks separated from industrial zones by vast open spaces and connected through transportation routs

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After WWII, emphasis was put on construction and rebuilding where?

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Inner City

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The degree of control over the use of ................................ that would not be tolerated politically or legally in U.S; is tolerated in Europe.

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Private Property

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Middle and Upper classes are more comfortable living in ........................... rather than suburban .............................

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Urban apartments

Suburban Homes

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Culturally there is a preference in Paris/Europe to live in

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Inner city

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Today, greater Paris is a mix of …………. and …………….; like much of Europe

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Urban land uses and cultural styles

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France experienced what kind of regional development?

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Inbalanced

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What were made to balance development in Paris

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8 poles

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What type of economic system does Paris have

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Mixed (public/private)

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Where does parliment have more power than the US Congress

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England

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England does not have a ___

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Written Constitution

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What surrounds London and other cities from development

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Green Belts

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Property owners do not have the right to be what in england?

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Compensated

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Margaret Thatcher stopped_________ and encouraged _______

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Grand planning, Privatized Development

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Europe recovered after WWII thanks to the

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Marshal Plan