When & Why Did People Start Living in Cities?

Chapter 9 - Urban Geography: Key Issue 1
When & Why Did People Start Living in Cities?
De Blij, pp. 288-304
1. Define central business district (CBD):
2. According to the field note (Ghosts of Detroit), why are more people in Detroit flocking towards living downtown?
3. What are the Ghosts of Detroit?
4. Define synekism:
5. Define urban:
6. Define city:
THE HEARTHS OF URBANIZATION
7. Using Catal Huyuk as an example, answer/define the following and include their importance/role (where applicable).
Agricultural Village
Agricultural Surplus
Social Stratification
Leadership Class/Urban Elite
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8. Using the chart below record key information regarding the 6 Hearths of Urbanization.
MESOPOTAMIA
NILE RIVER VALLEY
INDUS RIVER VALLEY
HUANG HE / YANGTZE RIVER VALLEY
MESOAMERICA
PERU
9. Use the map below & figure 9.6 (Six Hearths of Urbanization) in order to identify/color the 6 Hearths of Urbanization.
Use distinct colors and include a key.
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10. In the Venn diagram below, compare and contrast Greek & Roman cities.
GREEK CITIES
ROMAN CITIES
URBAN GROWTH AFTER GREECE & ROME
11. Describe the growth of urban areas after the collapse of Greece & Rome.
ASIA
WEST AFRICA
THE AMERICAS
12. According to the text, what were some of the changes/effects of the following time periods listed below.
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TIME PERIOD
CHANGES / EFFECTS
The Second Urban Revolution
A Second Agricultural Revolution
The Chaotic Industrial City
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Chapter 9 - Urban Geography: Key Issue 2
Where Are Cities Located And Why?
De Blij, pp. 304-308
THE RANK-SIZE RULE
1. Define rank-size rule:
2. Describe the mathematical example provided by the textbook.
3. Define primate city:
4. Why does the rank-size rule not apply in all countries?
THE CENTRAL-PLACE THEORY
5. Define central place theory & its assumptions:
6. According to Christaller, what did central place theory maintain?
7. What practical insights did Christaller’s theory provide?
8. What is the Sun Belt Phenomenon?
a. Definition:
b. Effect(s):
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Chapter 9 - Urban Geography: Key Issue 3
How Are Cities Organized, And How Do They Function?
De Blij, pp. 308-314
MODELS OF THE CITY
1. In the chart below, define functional zonation, zone, central city, suburb, & suburbanization.
TERM
DEFINITION
FUNCTIONAL ZONATION
ZONE
CENTRAL CITY
SUBURB
SUBURBANIZATION
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MODELING THE NORTH AMERICAN CITY
THREE MODELS OF URBAN STRUCTURE
2. Read the first section of this key issue and for each of the three models, annotate the diagrams below and do the
following:
1) identify the model by name
2) name the geographer(s) who devised the model by name
3) identify and label the key parts of the model
4) A bullet in other important characteristics and/or features of the model
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3. In the following chart below, define megacities and provide several examples of them.
DEFINITION OF MEGACITIES
EXAMPLES
MODEL OF A LATIN AMERICAN CITY
4. In the following chart below, identify/label the parts on the Model of a Latin American City:
5. How is the Griffin-Ford Model (Model of a Latin American City) a realistic portrayal of the South/Latin American city?
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6. What is a shantytown?
7. Define disamenity sector:
MODEL OF A SUBSAHARAN AFRICAN CITY
8. How and why are African cities influenced by Europeans & European colonialism?
9. In the space below draw & label (include colors) a model of a Sub Saharan African city (include a key outside the box).
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MODEL OF A SOUTHEAST ASIAN CITY
10. In the chart below define the McGee model (model of SE Asian city) & the similarities and differences between this
model and the model of a Latin America city.
DEFINITION
SIMILARITIES
DIFFERENCES
11. In the space below draw & label (include colors) a model of a Southeast Asian city (include a key outside the box).
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Chapter 9 - Urban Geography: Key Issue 4
How Do People Shape Cities?
De Blij, pp. 314-328
1. Define zoning laws:
2. In the charts below provide the meaning of the following terms:
TERM
DEFINITION
EFFECTS
REDLINING
BLOCKBUSTING
WHITE FLIGHT
COMMERCIALIZATION
GENTRIFICATION
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URBAN SPRAWL & NEW URBANISM
3. In the chart below describe the meaning of urban sprawl & new urbanism, along with examples.
Urban Sprawl
New Urbanism
Examples
Examples
GATED COMMUNITIES
4. In the chart below describe the impact that gated communities have had in the following areas.
UNITED STATES
SOUTH AFRICA
CHINA
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ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE EUROPEAN CITY
5. Why do European cities develop ethnic neighborhoods?
6. List 3 major differences between cities in Europe & North America.
GOVERNMENT POLICY & IMMIGRANT ACCOMODATION
7. In the space below, compare how government policy has dealt with immigrants and how it has affected each of the
cities below.
BRUSSELS
AMSTERDAM
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POWER & ETHNICITY / THE INFORMAL ECONOMY
8. According to the text, how do many of the urban immigrants living in slums or other pockets of cities, survive?
9. Define informal economy:
FROM COLONIAL TO GLOBAL CBD
10. In the chart below list the various characteristics of Mumbai (Bombay), India as a Colonial City & as a newly formed
Contemporary City. In the bottom boxes draw & label an example of Colonial Bombay & Contemporary Mumbai
COLONIAL CITY CHARACTERISTICS
CONTEMPORARY CITY CHARACTERISTICS
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Chapter 9 - Urban Geography: Key Issue 5
What Role Do Cities Play in Globalization?
De Blij, pp. 329-333
1. What is a world city?
2. What is a node?
3. What are spaces of consumption?
4. Using the map (Figure 9.42), develop a list of 1) Alpha, 2) Beta, & 3) Gamma world cities.
ALPHA CITIES
BETA CITIES
GAMMA CITIES
5. How has NYC’s Times Square been transformed in the last several decades in order to become a space of
consumption? Provide a variety of examples.
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