GEOG 122 Lecture 16: GEO 122 FEB 15TH LECTURE NOTES
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55% of world"s population live in cities --> will increase to 60% in the next 10 years. 53% of world"s population live in asia. Urbanization occurring faster in the global south. Cities with highest population (100ad - 2015) Start of industrialization = cities europe starting to grow. Eg, paris, naples, london grew in population 1500-1950s. 1950s: trend starts shifting again due to deindustrialization --> most populated issues are back in global south. 1500s: imperial expansion that started from europe travelling both. The process of colonialism allowed a certain part of the world (global. North) develop, industrialize and modernize - this was based on dispossessing the global south. This has left a geography of uneven development (north/south) First world/second world/third world --> cold war. Erases the history of colonialism by placing a normative, erasing term on the global south. Global south is both a geographical distinction and a political concept underpinned by histories of colonialism global capitalism and uneven development.
