GEOG 3050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Ziggurat, Food Security, Animal Husbandry
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Chapter one development in the first urban century. Increasing urban: but this process has been geographical uneven. Low-middle income areas were primarily rural until mid 20th century when a global population boob expanded urban pops. In africa, asia and latin america: slums, shanty towns are growing, urban poverty is rising, violence is growing and stability of global environment under threat. But cities also are drives of social political and economic transformations. What is a city: chicago school, louis wirth, defined city as individuals . Relatively large, dense, and permanent settlement of social heterogeneous: most concise definition of an urban settlement, lewis mumford, went further in definition by including socioeconomic relationships including: **social division of labour** important bc for many it is an essential component of definition of urban . Believes it is ultimately concentration of human energies and activities that.