What is a city Flashcards
Political aspects
Municipal jurisdictions
Fixed jurisdiction
Geographic boundaries
Elected leadership
Bureaucratic structure
Demographic aspects
WIRTH
Area of concentrated populations
1.population
2.density
3. Heterogeneity
(Diversity) = product of population and density
Metropolitan region
These populated areas, may incorporate multiple municipalities
Ex: Vancouver
How do cities grow?
Outwardly
Immigration
Census metropolitan areas (CMAs)
A total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the core
Adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core measured by community flows
*represents an area that is economically and socially integrated
Urbanism as a way of life
Individualism Tolerance Instrumentalist Social isolation Smaller families Specialized labour: important for mass production, distinct way of life
Container
bounded entity - the point where the city begins
Metropolitan concentration
Number of inhabitants
Metropolitan regionalization
Territory
Socio-cultural
Emphasizes the pervasiveness of urban oriented thinking, culture and organization throughout society
Internalization
Forced to adapt and fit in
Dialectic
Constant tension, of internalization and externalizations
Urban community
1000 people
US is min of 2500
Urban spread
Urban places often become an amalgamation of municipalities to form an urban region
Core countries
Greatest pools of capital
Technological innovation
Management skills
Peripheral countries
Poor , cheap labor and resources
Horizontal integration
Localized control
Vertical disintegration
Specific organizational forms of industrial production
Deindustrialization
Decline in industrial s to Katy in a region
Post industrial city
Service sector generated more wealth than the manufacturing sector
Where have the highest urban growth rates been? But urban slums are at large
Sub Saharan Africa and Asia
Over urbanization
New residents cannot be adequately integrated
Global or world city
A city that has a heightened position as a command and control centre in the global economy
Primate city
Largest city in its country or region
