Geography 2060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Swahili Coast, Wield, Planned Community
19 Mar 2019
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Africa: africa is not a country, many different countries; cannot stereotype africa as a whole. Historical geography of urban development: colonialism merely changed the path of urbanism in africa, colonialism impacted urban form indirectly at first (slave trade era), later directly (colonial settlement, most cities exhibit characteristics of multiple eras. London, pretoria: european contributions primarily on the coast, grip on economic system stymied internal development, coastal settlements were only transshipment points and thus lacked urban facilities, lack of diffusion of technology to the interior. Scramble for africa": urbanization followed: part of euro social and political objectives, south african urbanization, mining, agro-industrial towns already well established by 1900 (dutch, british, more interior urban centers, intensive railway pattern, high connectivity. Dam break" fueled massive rural to urban migration. Infrastructure development during this period officially settled: continuing segregation (now by class, lead to rural to urbanization shift. Distinctive cities: kinshasa, accra, lagos, nairobi, dakar, johannesburg. It is a megacity population over 10 million.
