PPT-City Learning: Where Cities Obtain Their Policy Information

Professors Katherine Levine Einstein and David Glick Fiscal Leadership Summit April 28 2015 Outline Federal fiscal background Survey of Mayors Sources of mayoral policy information First. ?. Key Question:. Zones of the City. Central business district (CBD). Central City (the CBD + older housing zones). Suburb (outlying, functionally uniform zone outside of the central city). AROUND THE WORLD CITIES. Counter Urbanisation. Name and explain problems faced by developing world cities. Explain the term: counter-urbanisation. Sustainability. Other issues facing cities. A. I. M. S. Terms to know. American History. Goals. Students will be able to:. Analyze economic challenges American farmers faced in the 1800s. Examine causes and consequences of the second Industrial Revolution. Analyze changes as the U.S. became an industrial society. Don Rodney Ong Junio. Kyoto University. Outline. Background. Why Smart Cities?. What is a smart city?. Research . Question. Framework. Findings. Background. 54% of the world’s population lived in urban areas in 2014 and by 2045, the total number of urban residents will reach 6 billion, 2 billion more than current estimates. Economic – urban areas are market centres for the buying and selling of Goods and Services. Administrative – urban areas are the places from which the surrounding area is governed e.g. . Carrickmacross. Chapter 7: Urban Growth and Transitions in United States. Stages of Capitalism and Urbanization. Stages of Capitalism. Stages of Urbanization. Mercantile-colonial period. Industrialization period. Monopoly Capitalism. Ancient Cities : Walled, Temples and Palaces in Middle, settlements surrounding. Graves outside the cities, well planned, narrow passages. City States: Trade oriented, diffused along the Mediterranean . Isn’t. . this. . sad. ?. It’s now easier than ever to visit distant locations around the world. Some places, however, are best avoided due to dangerous conditions. Certain dangerous places, on the other hand, are also desirable tourist destinations. If you do decide to visit such places, you should at least be aware of the risks and take sensible precautions. Here, in descending order, are the 10 most dangerous cities in the world.. . Advanced Placement Human Geography. Session 3. Early Urbanization . Around the Mediterranean. Early Settlements. Settlements were . originally. established in the area around the eastern . America’s Urban Origins. Cities played a different role in the 18. th. , 19. th. and 20. th. centuries. Technological change has been an important factor in determining the role and importance of cities across time. In this Chapter we explore the economic forces responsible for the development of cities with different sizes.. Determinants of City Size. The following factors will determine the size of a city:. Localization or urbanization economies. 1. Alan Berube. UNLV/Brookings Mountain West. April . 6, . 2016. 2. The Brookings Metro Program focuses on the well-being of major U.S. cities and . metros with . active . work in . 40 regions and states. Why do cities differ in size and scope? . In this Chapter we explore the economic forces . that shape a regional system of cities.. Benefits and Costs of Big Cities. Larger cities benefit from agglomeration economies . A – An Urban World. B – What are Global Cities?. C – The City of the 21. st. Century. Conditions of Usage. For personal and classroom use only. Excludes any other forms of communication such as conference presentations, published reports and papers..