MODULE 3.3 Flashcards
VILLAGE VS CITY: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Village: CLASSLESS society; Shared resources, interest, responsibilities
City: STRATIFICATION; clear socio-economic classes
VILLAGE VS CITY: SOCIAL KINSHIP
Village: Strong kinship values; SAME Tribe hence, relationships based on family ties and community
City: Little sense of Kinship; relationships often based on convenience or necessity
VILLAGE VS CITY: ECONOMIC BASES
Village: SOCIAL KINSHIP VALUES; COMMUNAL SYSTEM
City: Value based on ECONOMIC STANDARDS; emphasis on INDIVIDUALISM and PRIVATE PROPERTY and capitalism
Old French cite, from civitas/civis
= ______
CITIZEN
*A community with substantial SIZE and POPULATION DENSITY that shelters a variety of non-agricultural specialist, including a literate elite
CITY
The ____ _____ region of MESOPOTAMIA (present-day ______) about 3,500 B.C.
Fertile Crescent ; IRAQ
(present day ISRAEL/PALESTINE)
- Looks like AOT
- Developing city already at 10,000BC
- Joshua and the walls of _______ (Bible)
ANCIENT JERICHO
(present day ______)
- Well developed by 6,000 BC
- One of the best preserved ancient cities
CATAL HUYUK ; TURKEY
was the largest city in Egypt for nearly 2,000 years, functioning as a TRADING CENTER between ASIA and EUROPE
ALEXANDRIA
ALEXANDRIA WAS 332 BC built by ________
Alexander the Great
Chronology Of Early Cities (Macionis, J. & V. Parillo, 1998)
Ancient Jericho -> MESOPOTAMIA -> Egypt -> Indus Region -> China -> The America
Before the end of 18th century
Less people lived in cities than in the village
These were:
the ruling elite- the religious, political, military, and commercial leaders
Laborers, craftsmen, and professionals who served them
The Chinese exported their SILK and TEA to Middle East (and Europe)
THE SILK ROAD
~1760 – 1840 AD
Initially in the Great Britain, then in the
USA
First mechanism loom
hydroelectric, steam POWERED machinery
* Boom of FACTORIES, MASS PRODUCTION
ATTRACTED PEOPLE TO THE CITIES
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
* Reversed the distribution of people
between village and city
* Increase number of ____ = Increase = ___
PEOPLE ; SPECIALIZATION
Major Factors Shaping The Development Of Cities
TECHNOLOGY
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
climate, topography, and other natural
resources -> physical requirements of man
May change
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
tools and inventions <- resources of habitat
high TECHNOLOGICAL COMPETENCE to produce enough food and other necessities for DENSE POPULATION
TECHNOLOGY
Man’s cultural institution and attitudes
* All factors for city development
- no single factor is sufficient
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
GREEK WORDS:
“meter” = ______
“polis” = _____
MOTHER
CITY
an extended urban area with a dense central city
METROPLOIS
METROPOLIS.
“ a concentration of at least 500,000 people living within an area on which the
traveling time from the outskirts to the center is no more than about 40 minutes”
Hans BLUMENFELD (German-Canadian architect and city planner)
fusion of several pre-existing cities
CONURBATION
Defined CONURBATION and pioneer in city planning
Patrick Geddess (Scottish biologist)
