Concepts –
Primate Cities dominate the urban networks of which they form a part. Usually in political, economic, social, cultural focus of the country.
Push factors: Lack of money, opportunities, education, future
Pull factors: “The American Dream” (money, employment, high standard of living, education)
Centrifugal: pollution, transportation, declining services
Tangent –
Functions of Green Belts:
Landscape (separates parts of the island), recreational, (natural habitats), avoiding traffic, way of dividing city – LIMITING URBAN SPRAWL
Megacities –
Top Ten Megacities (not in any order): Tokyo, Seoul, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, Osaka, Manila, Beijing
Eight “Weird” Megacities (megacities/large cities you have never heard of): Lagos, Nigeria; Wuhan, China; Zengcheng, China; Calcutta, India; Sao Paolo, Brazil; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Shijiayuan, China; Tianjin, China
Most megacities are situated in Asia… in NICs… and in China. These megacities have a massive growth rate and the reason is not because city-dwellers are having more babies but because rural-urban migration. SO many people move from rural areas to urban areas that cities are becoming bigger and bigger.
Globalization –
What does it mean?
Spreading of culture, Development, Urbanization, Process, Modernization, Ideologies, International Relations, International Influences, Movement of Ideas and People and Things