URBS 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gated Community, Both Family, Megacity
18 Oct 2016
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More than half of the world"s populations now live in cities. Cities are also the centers of the world"s economy. They consume two-thirds of the world"s energy. Home to many toxic industries and waste sites. Urban issue sustainability, equity, economic issues, and the environment. Urban (from latin urbanus ): characteristic of or pertaining to the city (less than 2,500 people is. Places: specific sites, whether entire cities or smaller locations within cities, that are shaped by human beings. City: a bounded space, densely settled, with large heterogeneous population. Space: geographic entities with distinct shapes, scales, and other properties that set the stage for certain kinds of human activities (ex: individual homes, workplaces, playgrounds, schools, and street corners) World & global cities: centers of economic power and culture. Culture, power, nature, resources -- these and other factors affect the ways that places become what they are, and human beings are always at the helm. They fulfill an array of social needs.
