GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Louis Wirth, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Numeracy
3 Mar 2017
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Introduction: ways of life: why are cities so important, understanding cities: what is a city, urban origins: the emergence of cities, linkages between cities & culture, summary/conclusion, readings: chapter 11. Understanding cities: what is a city: what is a city, how do we know whether we live in one or not, population, public transit, infrastructure, social services, more service jobs than industrial jobs. Etc: places which reflect social, economic and political diversity, okay, maybe we can see a difference between cities and other forms of settlements. Urban origins: the emergence of cities: region of first cities: mesopotamia, valleys and plains between tigris and euphrates rivers, emergence of cities: approx. 3500 bc (city of ur: very recent, other early cities: present-day turkey, egypt, india-pakistan, china; later. Urban origins: the emergence of cities: alternative/complementary theories, cities emerged as economic/trading locations, cities emerged as defensive/administrative settlements, cities serves cerimonia/religious functions, strong connection between urbanization and culture/civilization.
