Internal Structure of Third World Cities

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Internal Structure of Third World Cities
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Outline

• Latin America
• Africa
• Middle East and North Africa
• South Asia
• South-East Asia

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Latin America

• Downtown and Inner City
• Commercial spine and elite residential sector
• Industry
• Periférico
• Other residential zones
• Zone of maturity
• Zone of in situ accretion
• Middle class residential tracts
• Zone of peripheral squatter settlements

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African cities

• Indigenous cities-Ife, Addis Ababa
• Islamic cities-Saharan belt
• Colonial cities-Most capital cities
• European cities-Nairobi, Lusaka, Johannesburg
• Dual cities-Khartoum-Omdurman
• Hybrid cities-Accra,Lagos
• Apartheid citiesSouth African cities

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Middle East and North Africa

• Fewer public buildings
• Major mosques
• Bazaars are prominent
• Irregular, dense street pattern
• Open courtyard houses

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South Asia

• Colonial-based cities Calcutta, Mumbai (Bombay),
  Chennai (Madras)
• Waterfront locations
• Walled forts adjacent to port
• Open space around the fort
• Western-style CBDs
• Divided black and white towns
• Bazaar-based cities
• Response to trade function
• Bazaar central focus of cities
• Segregated neighborhoods grow outward

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South-East Asian Cities

• Extensive external cultural influences
• Indians, Chinese, Arabs, Europeans, Americans,
  Japanese
• Multiple zones
• Port-Colonial
• Chinese commercial
• Mixed commercial
• International commercial
• Government
• Elite residential
• Middle-income suburbs
• Industrial
• Kampungs

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Take home messages

• Structure of Third World cities are a complex mix
  of both colonial and indigenous influences
• There are significant, identifiable differences
  in the urban structures of Latin American,
  African and Asian cities.