GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ernest Burgess, Edward Ullman, Arizona Transition Zone
8 Apr 2018
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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. The existence/absence of economic activities (i. e. mining, agriculture or finance and manufacturing) What is considered an urban area? urban economic activities such as manufacturing, trade, etc. Japan: >50,000 persons, 60% living in a built-up area , and 60% engaged in. Botswana: >5000 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 behaviours, etc. Urban change : understood with respect to two dimensions of growth: relative & absolute growth.
