GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Megacity, Ernest Burgess
20 Dec 2017
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Urban area: the spatial extent of the built-up area surrounding and including an incorporated municipality, such as a city; typically assessed by its population size and/or population density and/or nature of residents" employment. Exceeding some threshold of population and/or density. Not dense or exceeding population threshold = not urban: economic. The existence/absence of economic activities (i. e. mining, agriculture or finance and manufacturing) Us: >2500 persons (used to have density but taken out in past few censuses) Japan: >50000 persons, 60% living in a built-up area", and engaged in urban economic activities such as manufacturing, trade, etc. Botswana: >500 persons, 75% economic activity is non-agricultural. Urbanism: the urban way of life; associated with a declining sense of community and increasingly complex social and economic organization as a result of increasing population size, density, and heterogeneity. A social/cultural way of thinking about the city. Recall: the urban way of life (vs. rural life) Consider: attitudes, values, patterns of behaviour, etc.
