Urban Economics 1 The History of the City

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Urban Economics (1)The History of the City

• Dr. Sieglinde Amelia Walter
• Ingolstadt 2008

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Contents
History of the City

• The History of the City The European Way
• The History of the City The US-American Way

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The European Way
History of the City

• The Tradition of Cities in ancient Greece and in
  the Empire of Rome
• Residences of kings and dukes
• Market places

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The European Cities
History of the City

• The influence of secular and religious power
• The first cities
• Greek and Roman cities
• Before the turn of the millennium
• The medieval era the feudal city
• The 15th century the mercantile city
• The 18th century the industrial revolution

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The European Cities
History of the City

• The first cities
• The defensive city
• The religious city
• The defensive and religious city

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The European Cities
History of the City

• Greek and Roman cities

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The European Cities
History of the City

• Before the turn of the millennium

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The European Cities
History of the City

• The medieval era the feudal city
• manorial estates
• division of labour in agriculture and handicraft
• trade with agricultural and handicraft products

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The European Cities
History of the City

• The 15th century the mercantile city
• long-distance trade
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The European Cities
History of the City

• Motives for the development of cities until the
  17th century
• trade policy motives (mercantile cities)
• military motives (garrison towns)
• extraction of precious metals and ore
• textile industry
• education and science (university towns)

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The European Cities
History of the City

• The 19th century the industrial revolution
• Innovations in four areas
• agriculture
• manufacturing
• transportation
• construction
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The European Cities
History of the City
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The US-American Way
History of the City

• The influence of transport and communication
• Until 1840 waterways
• 1850 1900 horse-drawn and electric streetcars
• Last quarter of 19th century the telegraph
• Turn of the century the "nineteenth city"
• 1910 1945 the internal combustion engine and
  the telephone
• After World War II to 1960 the automobile
• Since 1960 "edge cities"

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The US-American Cities
History of the City

• Until 1840 waterways

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The US-American Cities
History of the City

• 1850 1900 horse-drawn and electric streetcars

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The US-American Cities
History of the City

• Last quarter of 19th century the telegraph

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The US-American Cities
History of the City

• Turn of the century the "nineteenth city"

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The US-American Cities
History of the City

• 1910 1945 the internal combustion engine and
  the telephone

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The US-American Cities
History of the City

• After World War II to 1960 the automobile

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The US-American Cities
History of the City

• Since 1960 "edge cities"

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Urban Economics

• sieglinde.walter_at_ku-eichstaett.de