Geography 2060A/B Chapter 4-5: geo week 4 readings
24 Feb 2017
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Chapter five: cities of europe: integral to the study of urban development because of its long history and impact of. European cities are interesting in their own right; they"re quite old reflecting the history of many different economic, political, social and technological systems. European cities are essential to understanding urban landscapes elsewhere; study of european urbanization is made all the more exciting by the tumultuous changes since the fall of communism. Eastern europe diverged in form and function from their western european counterparts. Europe is more than 70% urban but there"s no standard definition for a city. Wide variation is found from country to country; reflects correspondence between urbanization and factors such as level of economic development, historical circumstances, relative location and even terrain/climate. The forces that modify the built environment of individual cities also determined where cities were initially located and how they flourished or declined.
