Urban Flashcards
what does it mean the city is malleable
the city means differently for others, as everyone experiences it differently
define urbanisation
the growing proportion of urban dwellers within a particular territory - usually a country
what is urban growth
the growing size of the urban settlements
define urbanism
the way of life characterised to urban areas
outline definition limitations in urban studies
- What does a city/rural count as? different countries use different populations, and categorise cities differently
- boundaries of a city - commuters, suburbs, legal
what is the degree of urbanisation
- recommended by the UN statistical commission in 2020 as the best way to compare urban areas internationally
- recognises 3 tiers of urban - rural, towns, cities
when did the world become majority urban
2008
Where are all the megacities by 2050 estimated to be
in the global south
where is the fastest rate of urbanisation
smaller cities, often 10-100k people
what is the 80 20 world
80% of the world command 20% of the resources
what does urban theory try to do
try to find explanation, cutting through complexity to help understand places and processes better
why are British and American urban theories often parochial
they focus on UK and US examples and apply this to cities across the world
what did Engles write on urbanism
conditions of the working class in England
wrote about the emerging discipline of sociology on the everyday lived realities of the urban poor
what did Charles booth draw
maps social classing different areas of London based on poverty.
outline the Chicago schools of urban ecology
- talked of cities in evolutionary terms - inc niches, competition
- attempts to apply biological laws to human behaviour
- interested in how humans are adapting to a new environment.
