PPT-Urbanization Migration to the Cities

Learning Targets Describe how people moved from one place to another in big cities in the late 1800s Know what enabled the middle class to move to streetcar suburbs Know how political machines operated and give an example. Urbanization. Creation and growth of urban and . . suburban areas. 52% of people live in such areas. Urban growth . Rate of increase of urban populations. Immigration from rural areas. Pushed from rural areas to urban areas. . Advanced Placement Human Geography. Session 1. Urban Geography. What is urban geography?. Urban geography focuses on:. how cities . function. the internal . systems. and . structures. of cities. Introduction to Global Studies. XIDS 2301. Map 18. Urbanization. An increasing . number. of people in cities. An increasing . rate. of urbanization. Urbanization rate. Growth in urbanization rate. by:George Khoury. Causes of Urbanization in Chicago and New York. The increase in entrepreneurs that sought out for new technologies and inventions during the Industrial Revolution. The increase of population. Come to every lecture. Hearing things different ways helps!. Read the chapter before lecture. Hearing things twice means you’ll retain information.. Focus. Stop checking . Facebook. during lecture. . 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. Chapter 15. Population Change. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDskXxmdDI. Population Change. Size and Structure of Population. Birthrate. – annual number of live births per 1,000 members of a population. Urbanization. The 1920s was the first time in American history where more people lived in the cities than in the rural areas. This continued growth of population in the urban eras brought rise to more crime, incredible overcrowding, and unsafe conditions that would straggle out of the Progressive Era with little change or improvement. Mr. Manskopf. Notes also at. http://www.manskopf.com. Essential Questions Covered. What . are different land usages?. What are some local land usages?. Describe the impact of human activities on the land.. Core Case Study: The . Ecocity. Concept in Curitiba, Brazil. Ecocity. , green city. :. Curitiba, Brazil . Bus system: cars banned in certain areas. Housing and industrial parks. Recycling of materials. packet. . and. . green book . from the front desk . Please make these . page 24-26. .. Ignore the “preview instructions”…. Instead, please write one the following vocabulary terms in each box on page 23 and define it. 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. KISIM 5. Urbanization. Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural areas to urban areas, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to this change. It is predominantly the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin living and working in central areas. . and the . myth . about . de-urbanization. : The . case . of Ghana. George . Owusu. (PhD). Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research (ISSER)/Centre for Urban Management . Studies . (CUMS).