Cities: Where, How and Why

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Cities Where, How and Why

• Sociology 367.02

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Location Explanations

• Break in Transportation
• Central Place
• Site Factor

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Economies of Cities

• Economic Base Activities
• Industry consumed outside of city
• Service Activities
• Industry consumed primarily within cities
• Functional Specialization
• Differentiation in economic base activities

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American Cities Overview

• Early Cities
• Taos and Chaokia
• The Big FiveEast Coast Cities
• Boston
• Newport
• New York
• Philadelphia
• Charleston

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American Cities Overview

• Midwest Cities
• Railroads and manufacturing
• South
• Agricultural history, slow industrialization,
  slow pop growth
• The West and Southwest
• Influenced by the car
• Manufacturing and Government

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Transportation and the City

• The Walking City
• Concentrated Development
• The Streetcar Suburb
• Star-Shaped Growth
• The Freeway
• Development clustered around freeways

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Immigration and American Cities

• Complex Mosaic
• Incorporation of Newcomers
• Corruption and Reform
• Political Machines
• Muckrakers