Globalization Week 6 Notes

GGR111 Class Notes (in progress) Week 6 Notes Priming Environmental Geographies & Review C Urbanization Week 7 Notes (pg. 2-24) - in progress Urbanization ● Process of something becoming urban/ changing how something is urban ● There are 2 primary groupings of understanding it: Demographic and Sociocultural GGR111 Class Notes Categories Characteristics of Urban Places - New York, Nunavut ● ● ● ● ● ● High density of people Tall buildings especially skyscrapers Modern fortation system Infrastructure Connection to the rest of the world Major Factors of Change GGR111 Class Notes Assignment Defining urban in urbanization Two views of urbanization Demographic Socio-cultural Why urban geo is helpful Urban geography can help us understand urbanization trends and their expression in urban spatial structure and to relate these to our own lives and concerns. The study of urban geography can help us have a better appreciation of the economics of what goes on within cities and recognize the interdependencies among local, national, and international economic contexts in an increasingly globalized world. It can provide us with a framework for conceptualizing urbanism in conjunction with an appreciation of history and the relationships between society and culture. It can illuminate the interplay of science and technology with social, economic, and political change; reveal GGR111 Class Notes important dimensions related to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality; identify important issues concerning social Urban segregation Gentrification Urbanization in the GTA Suburbanization Inertia urban forms Path dependencies Urban dynamics NIMBY(??) Factors of change Economics trends tht affects the city Demography Technology Governance Values Urban planning modles Canadians urban transformations From urban origins to 1945 1945-1975 Post 1975 GGR111 Class Notes