GEOG 3050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Urban Sprawl, Land Titling
15 Sep 2015
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Exam consists of 8 short answer questions, and 2 essay questions. Give an example of a certain thing could be a possible short answer question. Keep in mind the workshop on writing the second essay paper because i will use it for other essay assignments. Overview: urban economies cities as growth engines , urban economic factors in the global south: City-based investment strategies: mega-events and mega-builds, reading activity wrap-up. The economic role of cities (un habitat): think about the historical relationship that existed between urbanization and economic development. Cities as engines of national economic development ; they also possess a greater and also local/national resilience. Cities generate disproportionately higher rate of economic growth than in rural areas. They generate more than 80 percent of global gdp ; growth is more concentrated in cities. The economic impact of cities is even more pronounced in the global south:
