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Title: Geography 120: A Global Perspective


1
Geography 120 A Global Perspective
  • Professor Chris Benner
  • Fall 2002

2
Course Introduction
  • Purpose of course To understand contemporary
    processes of urbanization and urban change
  • Themes
  • Global and Local
  • Complex interplay of economic and social forces
  • Any theory of the city must be, at its starting
    point, a theory of social conflict Manuel
    Castells (1983) The City and the Grassroots

3
Course Outline
  • Concepts and Theory in Urban Geography
  • An Urbanizing World Broad Trends and Conditions
  • Urban Structure and Land Use in the Western City
  • Living in the City Economy, Society and
    Politics in the Western City
  • Urban Geography in the Third World
  • The Future of Cities

4
Course Logistics
  • Text Pacione (2001) Urban Geography A Global
    Perspective
  • Lectures and discussion
  • Quizzes- 2 during the semester
  • Assignments (in pairs)
  • Assignment 1 U.S. City Profile History,
    Population, Governance, Basic Urban Form,
    Economic Base, 2000 Census Demographics
  • Assignment 2 Third World City Profile
    History, Demographics, Economy, Urban Form
  • Learning Environment and Academic Integrity
  • Web page http//www.geog.psu.edu/courses/geog120/

5
Personal Introduction and Exercise
  • Birthplace, parents background
  • City of birth, other cities lived in, visited
  • Cities like to visit
  • Thought exercise Year 2025
  • City, neighborhood
  • Work and workplace
  • Transportation
  • Communication
  • Retail/Shopping
  • Leisure activities
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