Geography 2060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Primate City
7 Feb 2017
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In this session we examine the concept of primate cities, i. e. , the cities that dominate the urban scene in a country by overshadowing all other cities. In the case of very large countries dual primacy is possible. Primacy is particularly marked in developing countries, where people, goods and services are concentrated in one very large city, to the detriment of the rest of a country"s overall urban structure. We shall study the causes of primacy along with the processes that foster it. In the next lecture, we shall use the cities of latin america at large to illustrate national and regional primacy. C: the impact of primacy on a country"s urban system: a process that creates imbalances in a country"s geography and society. By now, you will have read about the concept of the primate city in the text, on page 20, but the coverage is scanty.
