2. City – a conglomeration of people and buildings clustered
together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and
economics.
Urban-The buildup of the central city and the suburban
realm – the city and the surrounding environs connected to
the city.
3. 20th Century-the Urban Century20th Century-the Urban Century
• 1900 only 13 cities had 1
million people
• 1999 about 362 cities had 1
million
• By 2025 there will be 650
cities of 1 million or more
• Sometime in 21st
cent. The
world will become mostly
urban
• Western Europe, US &
Canada are 4/5 urban
• China and India are only
3/10 urban
4. Urban DefinitionsUrban Definitions
• Urban-a general term for
towns, cities and suburban
areas
• City-nucleated settlement
with many functions and a
central business district
• Town-small than a city-
less complex
• Suburb-subsidiary area
that is exclusively
residential, commercial or
industrial-not self
sufficient.
5. Urban MorphologyUrban Morphology
The layout of a city, its
physical form and
structure.
Berlin, Germany
With wall (above)
And without wall
(right)
6. Ancient CitiesAncient Cities
• Between 7,000 & 5,000
b.p. agricultural societies
became more complex
with irrigation & larger
scale farming
• Stratified societies
developed with priests,
merchants, administrators,
soldiers and farmers
• Central authority or the
state developed which led
to the rise of ancient
civilizations such as
Egypt, Greece & the
Roman Empire.
7. Urban DefinitionsUrban Definitions
• Central City-main city
around which suburbs have
grown
• Urbanized area-
continuously built up area
with buildings & population
density with no reference to
political boundaries
• Metropolitan area-a large
scale functional entity
containing several urbanized
areas that are integrated as an
economic whole
8. Attributes of CitiesAttributes of Cities
• Centers of political
power
• Centers of industrial
power
• Centers of technology
• A market place for
goods
• Specialization in
products and services
• Services of all types
• Medical advances
• Cultural and Artistic
pursuits
• Centers of education
and research
• Entertainment of all
types
• Sports teams, arenas
and parks
• An anchor of society
9. Five Hearths of UrbanizationFive Hearths of Urbanization
• Mesopotamia, 3500 BCE
• Nile River Valley, 3200 BCE
• Indus River Valley, 2200 BCE
• Huang He and Wei River Valleys, 1500 BCE
• Mesoamerica, 200 BCE
10. Five Hearths of UrbanizationFive Hearths of Urbanization
In each of these hearths, an agricultural surplus and social
stratification created the conditions necessary for cities
to form and be maintained.
11. Function & LocationFunction & Location
• Earliest civilizations probably
developed with the need for
organization to create irrigation
and provide enough food
• Availability of water, good
farmland and defensible sites
helped certain towns thrive
• Positions on travel & trade
routes created urban growth.
• Urban elites or decision makers
evolved.
• Writing made the codification of
laws and record keeping possible.
14. Theocratic CentersTheocratic Centers
• God-kings or theocratic
rulers developed in some
ancient cities.
• Priests, temples and
shrines took center stage
in the Yucatan,
Guatemala and Honduras
when the Maya Indians
developed the great cities
of Tikal, Chichen-Itza,
Uxmal and Copan.
• They also served as
educational centers with
teachers and philosophers
15. Harappa and Mohenjo-
Daro were two of the
first cities of the Indus
River Valley.
- intricately
planned
- houses equal in
size
- no palaces
- no monuments
Indus River ValleyIndus River Valley
16.
17. Diffusion to GreeceDiffusion to Greece
• Knossos emerged as the
leading city of the
Minoan Civilization
about 3,500 yrs. ago.
• Greece emerged as one of
the most highly urbanized
areas on earth with over
500 cities and towns by
500 BC
• Athens was the largest
city in the world with
250,000.
18. • Each Greek city had an
acropolis (high city) for
defense.
• The most famous is the
acropolis of Athens
(447BC)
• Below the acropolis was
the agora or market place
• Theaters, shops and stores
of all kinds were
available.
• Despite the modern
features-sanitation was
still primitive
21. Roman UrbanRoman Urban
SystemSystem
• The Romans created
the largest urban
system with an
excellent
transportation system
• The Romans were
masters of engineering
efficiency creating
aqueducts, sewers,
roads, bridges and
great public buildings
like arenas and baths.
22.
23.
24.
25. • Roman cities had great
contrast-great villas &
spacious avenues,
aqueducts, baths and
sewers, yet also –
• Wretchedly poor housing
in 4-5 story over-crowded
tenements, dirty, noisy,
crime-ridden streets and a
population composed of
½ slaves.
• With the collapse of the
empire the city of 1 ½ m.
shrunk to less than 50,000
26. Urban Growth ElsewhereUrban Growth Elsewhere
• China-rapid growth in the
Han Dynasty period-Xian
became the Rome of East
Asia.
• Timbuktu developed in
West Africa in the 14th
cent. While Meroe on the
upper Nile developed
advanced metallurgy.
• Tenochtitlan, the Aztec
capital was the most
advanced city in the
world with 100,000 by
the 16th
cent.
27. Huang He and Wei River ValleysHuang He and Wei River Valleys
The Chinese purposefully
planned their cities.
- centered on a
vertical structure
- inner wall built
around center
- temples and
palaces for the
leadership class
Terracotta Warriors guarding
the tomb of the Chinese
Emperor Qin Xi Huang
28. Pre industrial EuropePre industrial Europe
• Muslim invasion of Europe
and later the Crusades
opened up trade and
contact between Europe
and the Far East and Near
East
• Paris, Amsterdam,
Antwerp, Lisbon, Naples
and Venice revived and
grew.
• By mid-15th
cent. London
had 80,000 and Paris had
120,000. By 19th
cent.
London was 1 m. while
Paris had only 670,000
29. Urban EnvironmentsUrban Environments
• By 17th
cent.
Europe’s cities were:
– Slum ridden
– Unsanitary
– Fire traps
– Plagued by frequent
epidemics
– Crime ridden
– Places of social
dislocation
30. Models of Urban PlacesModels of Urban Places
• Gideon Sjoberg explained
the stages of urban
development in The
Preindustrial City: Past
and Present (1960)
• Sjoberg said that all cities
were a product of their
societies and went through
stages:
– Folk-preliterate
– Feudal
– Preindustrial
– Urban-industrial
31. Primate CitiesPrimate Cities
• Gideon Sjoberg was also
the first to study the
primate city.
• A nation’s leading city in
size that serves as an
expression of national
culture.
– Not necessarily large
– Dominated by religious and
govt. buildings
– Spacious with wealth near
the center
– Less privileged near the
edge or outside wall
32. • Not all pre industrial primate
cities were the same-Muslim cities
were dominated by the great
mosque and had less variation in
surrounding housing.
• Commerce and crafts were
focused in the bazaar which has
no western equivalent
33. The Modern Western CityThe Modern Western City
• Medieval city was bleak and
grimy with narrow dangerous
streets.
• Unpaved streets provided poor
sanitation
• The tallest buildings were the
Church & Castle
• Mercantile cities of the 16th
& 17th
cent. were nodes of regional,
national and international trade
• Great cities like London,
Amsterdam, Lisbon and
Copenhagen grew with the wealth
of colonies.
34. The Second Urban RevolutionThe Second Urban Revolution
A large scale movement of people to cities to work in
manufacturing. Made possible by:
1. second agricultural revolution that improved food
production and created a larger surplus
2. industrialization, which encouraged growth of cities
near industrial resources
35. The Modern Western CityThe Modern Western City
• Manufacturing city first
developed in Britain, later
Western Europe and
North America.
• Rapidly growing factory
system with railroads and
tenement slums
• Sanitary systems, water
supplies and housing were
overwhelmed with rapid
growth and pollution.
36. The Modern Western CityThe Modern Western City
• Modernization of American
cities took place in late 19th
cent.
• Electric trolley and other forms
of mass transportation
transformed cities-transport
systems became circumferential
and radial.
• Suburbanization of the city
became possible with 1920s
revolution of the automobile
• Modern cities of North
America are sprawling expanses
of suburbs, shopping malls and
business parks
37. • Hinterland-a German word
that means land behind the
city
• Spacing of cities-large
cities lie farther apart-
smaller settlements are
closer to each other
• Industrial Revolution
began in Europe-arrived in
the US around 1870-in
only 50 yrs. US surpassed
Europe
• 25 million European
immigrants arrived in
America-many in
manufacturing centers
38. John Borchert’s “American MetropolitanJohn Borchert’s “American Metropolitan
Evolution”-4 Stage model of evolutionEvolution”-4 Stage model of evolution
• First Stage-Sail-
Wagon Epoch
(1790-1830)
slow, primitive
overland and waterway
transport-Boston, New
York and Philadelphia
were major cities
oriented to European
trade.
39. John Borchert’s “American MetropolitanJohn Borchert’s “American Metropolitan
Evolution-4 Stage model of evolutionEvolution-4 Stage model of evolution
• Second Stage-Iron Horse
Epoch (1830-1870)
Diffusion of steam-powered
railroads-coal mining-boomed,
tracks laid coast to coast-
manufacturing spread outward
from New England hearth-by
1850 New York was primate
city with Pittsburgh, Detroit &
Chicago growing rapidly
40. • Third Stage-Steel-Rail
Epoch (1870-1920)
coincided with the Industrial
Revolution
Steel industry in Chicago,
Detroit & Pittsburgh
Coal & iron ore supply areas-
northern Appalachia and Lake
Superior (Mesabi)
Agglomeration in raw
materials and market location
due to railroad. Steel replaced
iron rails-safer-more powerful
locomotives-larger freight
cars & even refrigerated cars
added.
41. • Fourth Stage-Auto-Air-
Amenity Epoch (1920-
1970)
Gasoline-powered internal
combustion engines-truck
based regional and
metropolitan distribution of
goods; increased automation
of blue-collar jobs; shift to
white-collar jobs; highways,
expressways and jet aircraft
made travel faster & cheaper;
amenities of suburbs,
Sunbelt;
New activities responded
less to cost-distance factors
42. • Fifth Stage?- (1970-
Now)
decline of Rust belt
continues;
high tech. will stimulate
an even greater dispersal
of city populations;
telecommuting, working
from home, globalization
and outsourcing change
the way we work
43. Urbanization and LocationUrbanization and Location
• 1800-despite Ind. Rev.
Europe was still rural-by
1950 Europe was 50%
urban-today 85% urban
• World today is 50%
urban
• Agglomeration-
clustering of industries
for mutual benefit
• Specialization-certain
industries dominate
certain regions-
Manchester textiles,
Pittsburgh, Pa. steel
44. • Urban Geographers look at:
– How cities are arranged
– What cities look like
– Transport & communications
– Why people move from place to place within the city
• Hinterland: the surrounding service area of
a city that includes smaller villages and
hamlets
• Centrality: the economic power or draw of
a place compared to its competition
45. • Hamlet-small collection of houses-may have
services.
• Village-several dozen services-stores, gas stations
and so forth
• Town-larger than a village-higher level of
specialization-banks, schools, libraries, specialized
stores-furniture, appliances, hardware, etc.
• City-more functional specialization-larger
hinterland, greater centrality, well defined CBD and
suburbs
• Metropolis or Metropolitan area-urban area larger
than a city
• Megalopolis-when large metropolises coalesce into
a megacity, e.g. Boston to New York
46. Site and SituationSite and Situation
Site
* absolute location
of a city
* a city’s static
location, often
chosen for trade,
defense, or
religion.
Situation
* relative location
of a city
* a city’s place in
the region and
the world
around it.
47. • Paris-situational
advantage-grew as
the hinterland
prospered; became
multifunctional-
religious, cultural,
political,
industrial center;
today a megacity
of 10 million; the
next largest city is
Lyon, France at
1/7th
the size
• A primate city
49. Anchored by the Bois de Boulogne in the west and the Bois de
Vincennes in the east, Paris’s 450 parks and gardens cover over
7,400 acres-almost 30% of the city-one of Europe’s greenest cities.
50. • Chicago-
situational
advantage-Great
Lakes &
Mississippi water
complex junction;
west end of the
industrial core;
next to vast, rich
farmland;
location of rail,
road, water (St.
Lawrence Seaway
1959) & air route
junction; major
natural resource
hinterland
51. • Guangdong
Province-southern
China; city of
Shenzen-3 million,
30 yrs ago only
20,000
• Urban situation-
proximity to Hong
Kong & status as
Special Economic
Zone
• Its relative location
has enabled it to
benefit from trade &
commerce
52. Shenzhen changed from a fishing village to a major metropolitan area in just 25 years.
25 years ago, all of this land was duck ponds and rice paddies.
Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen, China
53. • Situations can deteriorate:
• Cities of Northeast
Manufacturing (Rustbelt)
in decline
• Brugge, Belgium-declined
in size after river silted up.
• Berlin, Germany destroyed
in WWII and divided
during the Cold War
• Many rural towns were
bypassed by expressways-
withered and died.
• As cars replaced horse &
buggy, many rural
hamlets, & villages
declined
54. • Homes being constructed in King Dragon Villa complex in Lishui-this
midsize town is a prime example rapid urban growth in China
55.
56. • Urban site-the physical
qualities of the place-
plain, valley, plateau,
island, etc.
• Singapore-ideal location
on an island-an
“Economic Tiger”
• Bangkok, Thailand-
capital on delta of Chao
Phraya river-subsidence
& air pollution
• Mexico City-2nd
largest
city-basin, flanked by
mts. Subsidence,
earthquakes, rapid
growth and pollution.
57. Modern UrbanizationModern Urbanization
Highest level of Urbanization-Western Europe, North
America, Japan & Australia
70% & higher-Mexico, Cuba, France
Former Soviet Union-Russia-73%, Ukraine-70%,
Transcaucasus-55%, Central Asia-28%
South America-cone of Argentina, Chile & Uruguay-highest
urbanization-next Brazil & Venezuela, Paraguay, Bolivia,
Guyana, Suriname & French Guiana lag behind.
Sub-Saharan Africa-some of the world’s lowest urbanization
rates-Nigeria-16%, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi & Uganda
are even lower. Tropical Africa-only a few nations that are
40% or higher-South Africa-57% due to mining and
industry.
58.
59.
60. Modern UrbanizationModern Urbanization
Southwest Asia-North Africa-great variety of
urbanization.
Much of Middle East, esp. Arabian Peninsula are
highly urbanized due to nucleation of the oil
industry.
Jordan an exception-no oil wealth-but urban due to
long tradition
Southern Arabia is oil poor and rural
Contrast-oil rich Libya is urban, oil poor Afghanistan
is rural
61. Modern UrbanizationModern Urbanization
South Asia-low in urbanization, despite huge cities
like Mumbai and Calcutta
Most nations in South Asia are under 30% urban
India-26%
Pakistan-28%
Bangladesh-16%
Subsistence farming
dominates life here
62. Modern UrbanizationModern Urbanization
Southeast Asia- Singapore is the only 100% urban
state
Brunei & Malaysia are the only other nations with
over 50% urban
Indonesia-31%
Myanmar-25%
Vietnam-20%
Thailand-19%
Subsistence farming
dominates life here
63. Modern UrbanizationModern Urbanization
East Asia- Averages 36%
Only Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
are highly urbanized in
East Asia
China below-25%
Yet Shanghai & Beijing
Have 25 million between
Them, however most of
China’s 1.2 m. are rural
64. Great CitiesGreat Cities
• North America-several megalopolitan
regions:Boston-Washington, DC
– Chicago-Detroit-Pittsburgh
– San Francisco-Los Angeles-San Diego
– Montreal-Toronto-Windsor
– Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
• Europe:
– London-20 m. in Metro area
– Germany-Ruhr, Rhine zone of Dusseldorf-Essen &
Cologne
– Poland-Saxony & Silesia
– Also Moscow, St. Petersburg & Madrid-not yet multi
cities, but growing
65.
66.
67. Great CitiesGreat Cities
• Asia-Tokyo-Yokohama, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
• Mega Cities:
• UN says by 2025 at least 15 cities will be over 20
million
– Many of the world’s most populous cities are found in
the poorest nations-Mexico City, Shanghai, Calcutta,
Mumbai & Cairo
– Close are Bangkok, Indonesia; Lima-Callao, Peru;
Saigon-Cholon, Vietnam
– Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Shanghai will have over 30
million by 2025
68.
69. Pull FactorsPull Factors
• Pull factors often more imaginary that real-esp. in
less developed areas.
• 1990s Africa had the fastest growing cities in the
world-followed by South Asia, East Asia, South and
Middle America.
• Cities of North America, Southern South America,
Australia grew more slowly
• Western Europe’s cities grew very little if at all.
• New York was the world’s largest city for many
years-now overtaken by Tokyo-Mexico City will
overtake Tokyo-by 2025 NYC will not be in top 10.
70. Urban ProblemsUrban Problems
• Zoning laws are lacking
in many poor countries
• Squatters occupy any
open space on the
outskirts of the city
• Sharp contrast between
fancy hotels of downtown
and slums on outskirts
• Cairo for example-paved
streets give way to dusty
alleys, tenements, traffic,
garbage & 12.5 m. people
bursting at the seams
71. Shanty town of Belem, BrazilShanty town of Belem, Brazil
72. • Many cities in
developing nations are
growing at a rapid rate
with many new arrivals
each day.
• Unofficial suburbs such
as this favela of Rio de
Janeiro are poor and
often lack basic
services. (Disamenity
sector)
• Clinging to a hillside,
this neighborhood often
suffers fatal landslides
during heavy rains.
73.
74. Rank-Size RuleRank-Size Rule
• The larger the city-the fewer there are-
• Model indicates that the population of a city or town in
inversely proportional (the fraction) to its rank in the
hierarchy
• If largest city is 12 million then 2nd
largest is 6 m. (1/2) 3rd
largest is 4 m. (2/3) 4th
largest is 3 m. or (3/4) 10th
largest is
1.2 million
Rank-Size Rule does
Not apply to
primate
Cities such as Paris,
Mexico City and so
forth
75. Urban FunctionUrban Function
• Every city or town has an economic base.
• Basic sector-workers who produce goods for export or
local consumption
• Non Basic sector or Service sector-workers who
maintain the city, work in offices and provide services
for others
• The number of Non basic sector workers is always
greater than Basic sector workers-as cities increase in
size the ratio increases
• Most large cities have a ratio of 1 to 2
• Multiplier Effect-if a business adds 50 manufacturing
jobs-another 100 non-basic workers will be added to
the work force
76. Functional SpecializationFunctional Specialization
• A dominant service or industry was found in many
cities during the Industrial Revolution.
• Chauncy Harris wrote “A Functional Classification of
Cities in the United States” in 1943-in it he described
the concentration of manufacturing cities in the
Northeast with functional specialization and the wide
diversity of western cities with no dominant function
• e.g. Detroit-automobiles, Pittsburgh-steel
• Las Vegas and Atlantic City gambling
• Leadville, Colorado-mining
• Vero Beach, Florida-resorts
• Trend today is toward diversity-especially in the
Rustbelt.
77. Central Place TheoryCentral Place Theory
• Central Places-hierarchy is based on population, function
& services.
• Economic reach-how functions & services attract
customers from areas beyond the urban limits.
• Centrality-the central position & ability to attract
customers to a village, town or city.
• Range of Sale-the distance people are willing to travel to
buy goods or services
78. Central Place TheoryCentral Place Theory
• Christaller tried to
determine the degree of
centrality of various places.
• He created a model to show
how central places in the
urban hierarchy are
spatially distributed.
• He assumed:
– No physical barriers
– Soil and surface of equal
quality
– Even distribution of
population
– Uniform transportation
system
80. Hexagonal HinterlandsHexagonal Hinterlands
• Christaller’s urban model
showed that each central
place had a
complementary
hinterland.
• The hexagonal model
solves the overlap
problem that circles would
have.
• Nesting arrangement-
region within a region-
each larger
complementary region is
centered on a higher order
urban place
81. Central Business DistrictCentral Business District
• Downtown-the core of the
city with high-rise
skyscrapers, heavy traffic,
production, education,
services etc.
• The CBD is the urban area
of commercial &
industrial zones within a
ring of residential areas.
• Suburb-an outlying
residential area of the
urban region that is most
pronounced in the US
82. Bid RentBid Rent
• The price paid to rent or purchase urban land is a
reflection of its utility or usefulness.
• Utility is a product of accessibility to customers &
workers or for residents to jobs and amenities.
83. Modeling the North American CityModeling the North American City
• Concentric zone model (Ernest Burgess)
• Sector model (Homer Hoyt)
• Multiple Nuclei Model
(Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman)
84. Classic Models of Urban StructureClassic Models of Urban Structure
• Ernest Burgess-1925
Concentric Zone Model
based on studies of
Chicago.
• CBD-financial, retail,
theater, museums etc.
• Transition to residential
with deterioration-some
light industry
• Blue collar labor housing
• Middle class residential
• Suburban ring
86. Classic Models of Urban StructureClassic Models of Urban Structure
• Homer Hoyt-1939
Sector Model based on
studies of 142 US cities.
• Pie-shaped wedges
created by Hoyt
compensated for the
drawbacks of the Ring
Model
• Low Rent areas & High
Rent areas could extend
to the outer edge
• Transportation and
industrial zones
accounted for the sectors
87. • Chauncy Harris & Edward Ullman Multiple Nuclei
Sector Model 1945 showed that CBD is not the sole force
in creating land-use patterns.
• They said that Concentric Rings & Pie-shaped models had
drawbacks as CBDs were losing dominance
• Subsidiary and competing CBDs developed (Edge Cities)
• Suburbanization accelerated the change with shopping malls
and mass transit
88.
89. Post WWII-rapid expansion ofPost WWII-rapid expansion of
cities and suburbs led to Edgecities and suburbs led to Edge
Cities with their own CBDCities with their own CBD
90. Why Do Inner Cities Still Attract People?Why Do Inner Cities Still Attract People?
Recreational facilities
Orchestras, theaters and venues for popular music
concerts
Museums and art galleries
Sport teams and sporting arenas
Banks and high finance institutions
Universities and research facilities
Specialized research hospitals and medical
specialists
Shopping and specialized stores
91. Making Cities in the Global CoreMaking Cities in the Global Core
• Redlining – financial institutions refusing to
lend money in certain neighborhoods.
• Blockbusting – realtors purposefully sell a
home at a low price to an African American
and then solicit white residents to sell their
homes at low prices, to generate “white
flight.”
92. Problems in Urban AmericaProblems in Urban America
200 years ago only 5% of world was urbanized
Today about 50% is urban
Germany, Spain & Belgium are over 90% urban
World wide urban problems are:
pollution
poor sanitation
drugs and crime
congestion and noise
substandard housing & slums
93. Problems in Urban AmericaProblems in Urban America
• With urban sprawl and
expanding suburbs-inner
city shrinks
• CBD is often reduced to
serving just the inner metro
area
• As basic sector jobs leave-
large cities have shifted to
service industries
• Loss of tax base as
businesses, industries and
services leave
• Urban decay results
94. Problems in Urban AmericaProblems in Urban America
• New York City a good
example:
– 3 million people plus uncounted
illegals crowd into 75 to 100
year old apartment buildings
– Many buildings are worn out,
rat & roach infested with high
crime rates, vandalism and
cases of spouse & child abuse
• Yet despite the problems there
is a sense of community that
may be lost if the
neighborhood is torn down
95. • Deglomeration-as globalization and improved
communication and transportation have developed-many
businesses leave the high costs of downtown since it is no
longer an advantage to cluster with other similar
businesses-the results are rustbelt cities with urban decay,
loss of tax revenue and abandoned property
96. • Gentrification – individuals buy up and
rehabilitate houses, raising the housing value
in the neighborhood and changing the
neighborhood.
• Commercialization – city governments
transform a central city to attract residents and
tourists. The newly commercialized
downtowns often are a stark contrast to the rest
of the central city.
Making Cities in the Global CoreMaking Cities in the Global Core
97. Gentrification or RevitalizationGentrification or Revitalization
• The rehabilitation of deteriorated, sometimes abandoned
inner city housing and industrial buildings.
• Inner city gentrification attracts childless urbanites and
singles who desire the cultural & recreational amenities
-walking distance to restaurants, museums, theaters, etc.
• DINKS, SINKS and retired “Baby Boomers” are drawn
back to the city by revitalization.
• Urban Policy-city governments encourage
redevelopment by passing laws that encourage the
redevelopment of blighted inner city areas-tax incentives
and rezoning and the condemning of blighted regions.
• Commercialization of Downtown-waterfront themes-
Miami, NYC, Baltimore, Themed structures-Renaissance
Center in Gary, Ind., Detroit, Mich. Chicago’s Navy Pier
98. Gentrification or RevitalizationGentrification or Revitalization
• Economic policy-tax
incentives (TIFS) encourage
the redevelopment of inner
cities where land is cheaper
than the expensive suburbs.
• Sense of place-many “baby
boomers” as well as
“Yuppies” are drawn to the
historic landmarks and
amenities of the city such as
markets, museums and
galleries ( e.g. Millennium
Park, Navy Pier etc.
Chicago’s Navy PierChicago’s Navy Pier
99. Urban decay inUrban decay in
Washington,Washington,
D.C.D.C.
Uptown neighborhoodUptown neighborhood
in Chicago-abandonedin Chicago-abandoned
apartment buildings;apartment buildings;
an area that is primedan area that is primed
for gentrificationfor gentrification
100.
101. Tear-downs – houses that new owners buy with the intention
of tearing it down to build a much larger home.
McMansions – large homes, often built to the outer limits of
the lot. They are called McMansions because of their super
size and their similar look.
Hinsdale, Illinois (25% of houses have been torn down in last 20 years).
102. Urban SprawlUrban Sprawl
Unrestricted growth of housing, commercial developments,
and roads over large expanses of land, with little concern for
urban planning.
Henderson,
Nevada
103. The Suburban CityThe Suburban City
• Post WW II rapid
transformation of rural areas
adjacent to cities into suburbs
• New automobiles & highways
as well as govt. policy, Federal
Highway Program, GI Bill and
Loan Guarantees for housing
• Demand for larger more
expensive suburban homes by
the returning GIs
• 1970=37% suburban by 1990
46% suburban & 31% inner
city with 23% rural
104.
105. Suburban downtowns,
often located near key
freeway intersections,
often with:
- office complexes
- shopping centers
- hotels
- restaurants
- entertainment
facilities
- sports complexes
Edge CitiesEdge Cities
106. New UrbanismNew Urbanism
• Development, urban revitalization, and suburban
reforms that create walkable neighborhoods with
a diversity of housing and jobs.
• some are concerned over privatization of public
spaces
– some are concerned that they do nothing to
break down the social conditions that create
social ills of the cities
– some believe they work against urban sprawl
108. • America’s population is
decentralizing faster that at any
time in history
• Orlando grew 5 fold in 3 decades
• Average home size grew by 63%
over last 3 decades
• 28% of suburban dwellers are
ethnic minorities
• 10 days a year-the average amount
of time Americans spend
commuting to work
• Living in sprawling suburbs can
add 61 lbs to your weight-due to
driving & no exercise
110. Spaces of ConsumptionSpaces of Consumption
The transformation of the city into an entertainment district,
where major corporations encourage the consumption of
their goods and services. For example: Berlin, Germany &
New York City
111. The Canadian CityThe Canadian City
• Less dispersed with higher
pop. densities than US
cities
• More multi-family
dwellings and less disparity
in wealth
• Suburbs not as large or as
affluent as in the US
• Central city has more
middle and higher income
pop. & stronger tax base
• Better services & public
transportation systems
113. The European CityThe European City
• Western European cities are more compact than Canadian
cities
• Same size in pop. As US cities, but smaller in land area
• European govt. are proactive in maintaining healthy CBDs
• No sprawl-suburbs are too far out to compete with CBD
• Greenbelts preserve the central city from close suburban
development
• Very high fuel costs discourage suburban development
• Central cities are clogged with cars, but mass transit, bikes,
and walking are relied on for transportation
• Zoning rules are strictly enforced and highway and beltway
construction lags.
114. The European CityThe European City
• London-6.4 m., Paris 10.2
m., Rome, Berlin, Madrid
and Athens are megacities
by world standards
• These are historic cities
not impacted by the
Industrial Revolution
• British Midlands &
German Ruhr valley cities
are very different-smaller
& heavily industrialized-
destroyed in WWII
• Paris, Athens and Lisbon
are Primate cities
115. The European City-GreenbeltsThe European City-Greenbelts
• London’s Central
city is the same size
it was in 1960
• Greenbelts were est.
to counteract ill
effects of Ind. Rev.
• Open countryside
over 20 miles wide
has scattered towns,
but no extensive
suburban areas
• Many urban parks
maintain a green
areas within the city
116. During the second half of
the 20th
century…
Nature of manufacturing
changed and locations
changed, too. Many
factories have been
abandoned, creating “rust
belts” out of once-thriving
industrial districts.
Duisburg, Germany
117.
118. The Eastern European CityThe Eastern European City
• Eastern European &
Russian cities were turned
into microdistricts by
communist planning
• Old primate and historical
cities were ignored
• Huge dominant square &
wide radiating avenues
fronted by huge apartment
complexes with factories,
schools, shops & so on.
• No need for CBD, mass
commuting or suburbs
119. The Eastern European CityThe Eastern European City
• Large 7 to 11 story
complexes were rapidly
built of shoddy material
with no decoration-ugly
and depressing
• Moscow’s growing pop.
(11 m.) lives in
microdistricts that radiate
out from Red Square.
• St. Petersburg was rebuilt
in the ugly socialist style
after heavy damage in
World War II
121. Modeling the Cities of the Global PeripheryModeling the Cities of the Global Periphery
and Semiperipheryand Semiperiphery
• Latin American City
(Griffin-Ford model)
• African City (de Blij model)
• Southeast Asian City (McGee model)
122. Making Cities in the Global Periphery andMaking Cities in the Global Periphery and
SemiperipherySemiperiphery
- sharp contrast
between rich and
poor
- Often lack
zoning laws or
enforcement of
zoning laws
123. The Ibero-American CityThe Ibero-American City
• Latin American cities are
growing rapidly-1950=
41% urban, 1997 74%
urban
• CBD dominates the
center with 2 main
divisions-traditional
market and modern high
rises
• A commercial spine and
axis of business is
surrounded by elite
residential housing
Griffin-Ford model
124. The Ibero-American CityThe Ibero-American City
• The spine is an extension
of the CBD with offices,
shops, high class housing,
restaurants, theaters, &
parks
• Zone of Maturity-Middle
class housing 2nd
best
• Zone of In Situ
Accretion-high pop.
Density of modest housing
• Periphery-Periferico-high
density shanty towns of
extreme poverty and no
services
125. The African CityThe African City
• African cities often have 3
CBDs=Colonial,
Traditional and Periodic
Market Zone
• Sub-Saharan Africa is the
least urbanized area of the
world, but the most rapidly
urbanizing
• No large cities to match
Cairo-Kinshasa, Nairobi,
Harare, Dakar, Abidjan
were established by
Europeans
de Blij model
126. The African CityThe African City
• No large cities to match Cairo-Kinshasa, Nairobi, Harare,
Dakar, Abidjan were established by Europeans
• South African cities-Johannesburg, Cape Town & Durbin
are western cities with elements of European and American
models-high rise CBDs and sprawling suburbs
127. The Southeast Asian CityThe Southeast Asian City
• SE Asia-rapid growth of
population & cities-1950-
15% urban, 1990s-29%
urban
• Most growth in coastal
cities like Ho Chi Minh
City (Saigon)
• Old colonial port zone
surrounds the commercial
district
• Unlike Western cities-no
formal business zone, but
separate clusters McGee model
Not until 8,000 years ago did humans begin to live in cities
Top Amsterdam
Bottom-hillside slum in South America
Calcutta and Mumbai, India are growing at a very rapid pace
Costal China has phenomenal growth as well-Shenzen, China grew from 20,000 (size of Homewood) to 2.5 million (size of Chicago) in 30 years.
Picture at upper right-the Euphrates River where urban civilization began
Lower right-Iranian farmers winnowing grain-same method is ancient times.
Before urbanization, people often clustered in agricultural villages –
a relatively small, egalitarian village, where most of the population was involved in agriculture. About 10,000 years ago, people began living in agricultural villages
Picture at right-a roof garden-city hall Chicago-reduces air conditioning costs
Urban elite required to organize the distribution of food, organize defense and irrigation.
The harvest was stored as a tax and tribute
Out of this need for an organized society came record keeping and writing
Laws ere codified or written down and traditions were preserved in writing.
The River Valley civilizations or Hydrologic Societies as Marvin Harris called them, developed governments, mathematics, engineering to irrigate and control the rive and architecture.
The Maya civilization thrived from 200 to 800 AD- with 2 million people in the Yucatan
The Aztec civilization thrived from 1200 to 1500 AD
Olmec were the first to emerge in Central America
Ancient Americas rain god Tlaloc (main god of Teotihuacan) on the top on an ornate incense burner from Teotihuacan
Archaeologists have found that the houses in Indus River cities, such as Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, were a uniform size: each house had access to a sewer system, and palaces were absent from the cultural landscape.
Ancient Mesopotamia and Nile River Valleys had between 10,000 and 15,000 people-the maximum size sustained by food production and distribution systems of the period.
Frieze of the Parthenon in Athens
Athens-the Parthenon begun 447BC
The Etruscans had controlled Tuscany from Po Valley south-the Romans learned to build in stone, irrigation and drainage as well as urban living from them.
From the Greeks the Romans copied the grid pattern of streets at right angles
The Forum became the center of public life
Top left-aqueduct, Nimes, France
Roman Road construction
Roman Road-Appian Way from Rome to tip of Italy.
The road system held the empire together and made Rome the apex of a large hierarchy.
The arena featured war games, massacres of wild animals, as well as fights to the death and the massacre of criminals and Christians.
Top town gate of Salisbury, England
Bottom-Nordlingen, Germany-walled city 14th to 16th century
Picture at right-the Medieval Shambles of York, England
The leading city of a country. The city is disproportionately larger than the rest of the cities in the country.
For example: London, UK
Mexico City, Mexico
Paris, France
- the rank-size rule does not work for a
country with a primate city
Upper Right minaret of great mosque in Agadez, Niger –built in 16th cent. Of dried earth-commercial crossroads for trans-Saharan commerce
Lower left-village in high Atlas mountains of Morocco-built in Berber style for protection and now for air conditioning. Built of clay and chalk with flat roofs for drying crops.
During the mercantile era, the cities that thrived were embellished by wealthy merchant families, who built ornate mansions, patronized the arts, participated in city governments, and supported the reconstruction of city centers.
Picture tenement slum alley in England late 19th cent.
Suburb of Miami in Dade county Florida-2 million people one of the most densely populated areas of Florida.
Gypsy immigrants arrive at Ellis Island
Canal barge pulled by a horse in England
1830s version of the steam locomotive
1923 steam locomotive on narrow gauge track in Colorado Mts.
Freeway interchange near Los Angeles-Pasadena to Santa Monica interchange
Schiphol airport outside of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Zenith plant in Reynosa, Mexico
Picture-Arkwright’s cotton textile mill-Cromford, England
Agglomeration of raw materials-transport systems, builders, glassmakers, and other businesses.
Specialization-Sheffield, England-high quality steel and silver
Birmingham, England-steel
Pittsburgh-steel hence “Pittsburgh Steelers”, “Milwaukee Brewers” etc,
Note that some names can be deceiving-villages is used since it sounds friendlier than city of or town of
Anchored by the Bois de Boulogne in the west and the Bois de Vincennes in the east, Paris’s 450 parks and gardens cover over 7,400 acres-almost 30% of the city-one of Europe’s greenest cities.
Picture-upper right-Jackson Park, Chicago-designed by Olmsted
Picture-lower right-Metropolitan Chicago-air, sea, road and rail hub
Top-Market Square, Brugge, Belgium
Bottom-Berlin Wall being torn down after 1989
Singapore is dominated by Chinese-seceded from Malaysia in 1965-now an independent island nation.
Bangkok-subsidence of 1” per year due to water being pumped from ground wells, has canals like Venice-called the Venice of the Southeast-air pollution is now worse than Mexico City
Mexico City-the elevation of 7,000 ft. flanked by mountains traps air-pollution is severe--noisy, crowded with traffic congestion, high rises, 500 slums, 1,000 new immigrants per day over 750,000 new citizens each year.
Calcutta street scene
Indonesian rice paddies on terraces on the island of Bali
Hong Kong street scene
Favela of Rio de Janeiro with dualism of peripheral metropolises-shanty town on hillside overlooks the luxury apartments near the famous Ipanema Beach
Shanty town of Belem, Brazil-capital of Para state and main river port of the Amazon.
½ of the 2 million residents live in shantytowns with precarious dwellings made out of recycled materials
Barail-a majority of the wealth is controlled by only 10% of the people.
About 25 million Brazilians live in slums
Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, (Mexico City’s slum-Neza-Chalco-Itza has 4x the number of people) is a teeming, noisy slum of 1 million people with 18,000 people per acre. Mumbai’s total population is 12 million
15 people share 300 square feet of floor space
Top right- Shraddha Kurmi (age 9) lives in a shack with no power and jute bag walls
Lower right-Mena Lohar wife of a carpenter keeps her one room home tidy-lucky to have a cooking stove and electricty-most do not
Tokyo-Shinkuju District-Tokyo now has 28 m.& stretches 45 miles-the world’s largest urban center.
Note the fraction bottom number gets larger-hence the reverse proportion.
If time permits-Hand out Road Atlas and look at Iowa or another Great Plains state where the rank size rule holds true
Rank-Size Rule:
in a model urban hierarchy, the population of the city or town will be inversely proportional to its rank in the hierarchy. For example:
largest city = 12 million
2nd largest = 6 million
3rd largest = 4 million
4th largest = 3 million
Multiplier Effect can also work in reverse-when Basic Sector jobs are lost-many more Non Basic sector jobs are lost as well
As transportation improvements made longer trips for services possible and practical, many small hamlets, villages and towns declined in North America for example.
Although no area on earth is isotropic (same in all directions) Christaller’s model has proven useful in planning new cities-in polder land in the Netherlands, Brazil’s Amazonia development
Black lines=hamlet hinterland
Red lines=village hinterland
Blue lines=town hinterland
Green lines=city hinterland
Christaller’s model confirmed that the general map pattern is not an accident, but the function of specific economic forces that create a regular rank-size pattern
Residential areas of Chicago in 1920 were used as basis for many studies and models of the city. Compare this pattern with the Concentric Zone and Sector Models
Because of the 1871 Fire-Chicago exhibited a more pronounced social patterning than existed in other large older cities
Chicago became segregated with rings of rising affluence.
Yet wealthy continue to monopolize the “Gold Coast and other parts of the city
Burgess accounted or this by stating the rich tended to monopolize hills, lakes, and shorelines
Zoning established parks and public areas along the Lake Michigan shore (Burnham Plan that prevented industrial development along the Lake
Poorest households occupy the more accessible locations near city centers in the US and the wealthiest live in the farthest suburbs-in most of the world it is the opposite-the wealthiest live near the city center and the poorest live in slums, favelas or barrios on the outskirts of the city.
Burgess was a University of Chicago professor of Sociology who studied the culture and urban structure of Chicago.
The dynamic inner ring grew and encroached on zones 2 &3
Zone 2 transition between CBD & residential with rooming houses, small apartments, tenements for low income, slums & skid row, some ethnic ghettos
Zone 3 Workingmen’s quarters-ethnic neighborhoods of blue collar immigrant workers who moved out of zone 2 in flats or single family dwellings
Zone 4 better middle class housing
Zone 5 commuter zone of higher income families in suburbs or furthest extent of trolley lines
Hoyt was an economist who studied housing date for 142 American cities and presented his Sector Model in 1939
The multiple nuclei model takes into account the various factors of decentralization that are taking place.
Chicago grew from 30,000 in 1850 to 500,000 by 1861 and
2.3 million by 1911.
Chicago experienced explosive growth in the late 19th century.
4 square miles of the city were destroyed in the 1871 Fire
Rapidly rebuilt with the industrialists taking the opportunity to build impressive new structures downtown-birth of the skyscraper. The City’s economic and social elite colonized the Lake Michigan shore, while heavy industry, warehouses and rail yards crowded the banks of the Chicago River.
To the south the Union Stockyards and a pocket of heavy industry developed where the Calumet River met Lake Michigan. All around were the homes of working families-neighborhoods spread rapidly outward as wave after wave of immigrants arrived.
Chicago’s Edge Cities
Each realm is a separate economic, social and political entity that is linked together to form a larger metro framework.
By 1970 the outer cities were becoming increasingly independent with their own CBDs that duplicated functions of the central city. Regional shopping centers, business and industrial parks developed in the suburban areas due to cheaper land prices and the availability of customers or workers. T. Hartshorn and P. O. Muller described the new urban realms in “Suburban Downtowns and the Transformation of Metropolitan Atlanta’s Business Landscape” in Urban Geography 1989
Unable to fund adequate schools, crime prevention programs, public housing and services-a downward spiral begins.
Row houses abandoned in North Philadelphia
Abandoned steel mill in Pennsylvania
DINK=double income and no children
SINK=single income and no children
Baby Boomers those born between 1946 & 1964 in the Post World War II baby boom are now nearing retirement and many choose to move back to the city from the suburbs
Government tax breaks for businesses willing to relocate to the inner city-or local or state funding to redevelop central city residential or commercial areas. Cities often condemn run down areas-forcing the people out so that redevelopment can take place
Many retired baby boomers and young urban professionals see no need to live in the expensive suburbs-preferring instead to move back into the city to be near
Chicago’s Navy Pier built in 1916 became a run down blighted area-refurbished in the early 1990s
Urban Decay, Wash. DC
Uptown neighborhood in Chicago-abandoned building-area primed for gentrification
Left-Marina Towers (the “Corncobs”) in Chicago-built in 1964-1977 became condos-60 story apartments, offices, restaurants, etc. with 18 stories of parking
Top middle-homeless in Wash. DC in front of the White House
Top right-Navy Pier revitalized in the 1990s
Bottom Robert Taylor Homes-largest public housing complex in world with 28 buildings of 16 stories and 4,400 apartments-became high rise ghettos-a big failure-now being torn down as of 2006 16 of the 28 have been demolished-new low rise and mixed use developments are taking their place
Gentrification can create problems-homeless and low income people are displaced by buildings that they can not afford-loss of the sense of place
Miami suburb
P.O. Muller wrote “The Suburban Transformation of the Globalizing American City” in 1992.
Discussed how cities are now polycentric realms with suburban edge cities and man hubs of international company headquarters, telecommunication hubs and foreign communities
Disney chose Orlando because it was at the confluence of 2 important highway systems-Interstate 4 and the Florida Turnpike-part of Eisenhower’s Cold War Defense system
Disneyland’s 300 acres in Southern California is ringed by suburban blight-motels, strip malls, copy cat amusement parks
Florida’s Disney World a totally artificial creation-Celebration (1940s style small town) has a city hall, but no actual government-it is controlled by the Board of Directors of Walt Disney Corporation-time shares can’t be owned or out-right rented.
Left-Gated Housing in Beijing, China
Right-St. Louis Missouri-1971 view of Pruiett-Igoe housing project before it was demolished in 1972-built in 1951, by the 1970s the rampant crime rate was evidence of the failure of these housing project.
New York, New York-Left-The New Amsterdam Theater in Times Square in 1947 with advertising, arcades and a flea circus. Right Times Square cleaned up and reinvigorated by the Disney Corporation
Top Calgary, Alberta, Canada Skyline
Bottom-Toronto Canada’s largest city-
Fuel in Europe is about 3X the cost of gas in the US
London-view of Parliament Building
Paris skyline-note old section of city maintained-no skyscrapers here
Berlin-historic buildings montage
Nordlingen, Germany walled 14th century city
Budapest, Hungary Microdistricts
Red Square in Kremlin during a May Day Parade in the 1970s when The Soviet Union still existed
Lower Left-Microdistricts in East Berlin as seen through broken Berlin Wall in early 1990s
Upper Right-Budapest Microdistricts
Lower Left-Poprad, Slovakia with Tatra Mts. in the background
Mexico City-Paseo de Reforma a major boulevard from the CBD
Favela of Rio de Janeiro on a hillside
Unlike America cities-the poverty areas are concentrated in squatter settlements on the outskirts of town-the poorest live the farthest from the CBD
Nairobi, Kenya
Singapore-Container Port
Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur-Petronas Towers-highest building in the world if you count the antenna towers
Malaysia is building a new capital city 25 miles south of Kuala Lumpur
Chicago-Jackson Park with Museum of Science & Industry in the background