Week 1-5 Quiz Flashcards
Define City
Political designation reffering to place governed by specific form of government
Define Metropolis
Large city area ( orginally chief city of country
Define Metropolitan Area
Central city area surrounding territory interrogated with a city (how far people are willing to travel to work)
Define Urbanisation
Process of urban growth which is the physical movement of people from rural to urban places- can include changes of lifestyle
Define a mega city
10 million plus pop size
Define world or global city
Refers to critical functions the city plays in the global urban system
Define Urban System
Hierarchy network of cities with nation or region usually ranked by pop size
Define Capital City
Head City in terms of admin (Canberra)
Define Primate City
Dominant city in urban city which can also dominate in economics (dual primacy in AUS)
Define Site
Physical environment which city is originated
Urbanisation Levels
Refers to extent of population concentration and is usually measured by percentage of pop living in these areas- need at least 10,000 people to all urban and 86% of aus is urban in 2022
Define situation in referring to why cities are located where they are
Relative location of city connectedness
+ region
Urban Morphology
Description of form of city
Urban Morphology- core
Largest city in system
Urban Morphology- periphery
Other urban and rural areas in region
Urban morphology - hinterland
Rural tributary areas linked to urban centre
Combination or megalopolis
Urban region where 2 or more cities combine
What is the nature of AUS cities
They are largely urban however cities are not as large as Asia, cities also developed as adminstrative centres of colonies
What are the key characteristics in development of urban areas
Pop size, density and social heterogeneity
Urbanisation in history
In 1900 2 types of nations, colinsers and colonised- predicted in 2030 urban pop to be over 60% and in every 1 city dweller in developed areas there in 4 dwellers in least developed areas
What are colonisers
Independent countries- England where all cities are located in industrial nations
What are Colonised
Latin America which are colonial cities which were established from scratch
What are the causes of rapid urbanisation
Industrialisation (pull factors)- eg higher wages, more opportunity
Rural stagnation (push factors)- forced out
What happened to cities post-colonial
After they gained independence there was rapid urban growth and capital was where the money was, there was limited higher wage job sand limited manufacturing
Stages of urbanisation
Initial stage where countries are engaged in primary economic activities
Acceleration stage- economy starts to diversities and specialise
Terminal stage- shifting to tertiary activities services
It correlates with economic cycle
Drivers of cities growth
Demographic factors-natural increase, migration
Urban primacy
National economic policies
Improvement in QOL
Drivers of cities decline
Suburbanisation- push factors
Economic decline and selective decline
Surbanisation
When inner ring or commuter belt grows at expense of urban core
Exurbansiation
Development occurring beyond the suburbs outside easy community range
Counterurbanisation
Population loss of urban care exceeds pop gain resulting in losing pop
Key consideration in urban analysis
Scale, characteristics, complexity