European Cities

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What percent urban is Europe?

-73%, 402 million

Central place theory

-assumptions: flat landscape & evenly distributed agricultural resources

What were the European large-scale patterns of urbanization

-central place theory -conurbations -core-periphery model

What is not a common characteristic of traditional Middle Eastern cities?

-cities are important trading hubs

What is a conurbation?

-cities coalescing into conurbations -50 conurbations in Europe -Largest Rhine-Ruhr conurbation (diameter 110 km) -

What is the core-periphery model?

-core: superior endowment of factors: location of econmic activity, access to world markets, connected cities; attractive labour force & govt policies -capture flows of migrants, taxes and investment

What type of migration occurs most for European cities?

-rural to international migration flows -need for low-wage labour (aging population with almost zero growth, most not willing to do menial jobs) -7% of EU citizens born outside of borders

What are distinctive features of European cities?

-slow growth, contraciton -accelerated deindustrialization (heavy) and decentralization -green growth -low rise/high density planning

How many world cities are there in Europe?

30 (London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Madrid, Amsterdam, Brussles_

What are the Landscape Interpretation Protocol?

Observe Describe Inquire Interpret Extend

What was the world's first megacity?

Rome, was a primate city

which concentric ring corresponds to the new city of the colonial period?

citadel, old city, colonial city, postcolonial city, future city

Which conceptual model is most similar to the internal urban structure of Middle Eastern cities?

figure it out lol

What are some historical trends in urbanization?

•Classical period (800 CE-450 CE) •Medieval (450-1300 CE) -the empire collapsed and people left, but the churches remain •Renaissance (1300-1760 CE) -rebirth of urban culture, lots of art, philosophy, economically, the state was involved. •Industrial (1760-1945 CE) -found fossil fuels around 1700s, led to a huge transformation, birth of an industrial city •Postwar divergence (market vs central planning based) (1945-1990)


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