CITB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: United States, Kingsley Davis, Urban Species
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Made an important intervention of when cities emerged. 10 criteria of the urban revolution different periods. Paleolithic period, neolithic period, urban period, industrial period. We are now in the digital period 25 years ago away from industrial to digital, gordon child was not able to predict that. Neolitihics when we became settled, agriculture animals and plants. Neolithic to urban period where cities emerged because the settlements result from urban revolution chracterictristics. Urban revolution cities in indus valley week 3 processes of contemporary global urbanization. Despiste the existence of cities we were rural species we lived in the country stylr. 2010 where more then 50% and we are becoming urban species: specialization, surplus of agriculture. 4. public architecture: political ruling class emerged, script and writing, larger settlements do not qualify as cities despite their size because they left certain objective of todays class. Demographers have calcuted in 2010 we became urban species. Demograpic are difficult as every coutry have different ways.
