GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: International Development, Urban History, Megacity
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Emerging in colonies: 1 or 2 large cities that completely dominate landscape. Under colonialism, geography is turned inside out from societies that were locally oriented to societies from which resources were extracted. Under colonialism a small number of places would be targeted for urban development. Others were places europeans really want to live: higher up where climate was better, centers of indigenous political power. Primate cities because they are disproportionally large to country they find themselves in. Ie mexico city compared to next largest city. Attracting a lot of wealth and populations. Redesign existing city to be more like european cities. Delhi in india: was major center of political power when europeans arrived; had own. In many cases, built on european lines indigenous geography. Europeans built own city outside old city with european lines. Places dominated by european ideas of way city is supposed to be.
