GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Division Of Labour, Mass Production, Agricultural Productivity
24 Mar 2017
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Greater and greater proportions of the global population are living in urban areas each year. Greater and greater pop. of the global population are l. Pakistan iving in urban areas each year biggest countries in the world. Spatial variation from >75% lives in urban or suburban areas to <40% are some of the. When averaged out, it is just about 50% Because these countries are so big they have a large effect on global effect # Emergence of cities: region of first cities: mesopotamia (modern day iraq, land between two rivers, fertile crescent, eastern part is mesopatamia, western side is indonesia, followed closely by several other areas: urban hearths, emergence of cities: approx. What explains the emergence of cities: the agricultural surplus theory, nomadic (hunter-gatherer) societies. Significant human ingenuity: agricultural societies: neolithic revolution. Innovations were key for allowing for development of agriculture: permanent settlements, surplus of food -irrigation, plow, urban societies: 5500 ya, labour specialization, agglomeration, the first cities.
