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Title: Urban Geography


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Urban Geography
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Cities The most significant human features on
Earth!
Cairo, Egypt
NYC
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Cities must DO something to exist
  • What do cities DO? Provide JOBS
  • and SERVICES

Market place
China gt McDonalds
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Urban area models (page 89)these are
linear/time oriented
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Urban land use patterns
  • Urban geographers study land use, the activities
    that take place in cities.
  • Basic land use patterns found in all cities are
  • residential, including single-family housing and
    apartment buildings
  • industrial, areas reserved for manufacturing of
    goods
  • commercial, used for private business and the
    buying and selling of retail products
  • Of course, Houston has no zoning so we dont fit
    the urban pattern as well as other cities.

CBD
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Things cities DO can be remembered this way gt P
I G S
Write P I G S
Market place
China gt McDonalds
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PIGS
  • Ports cities Located on a seacoast or river.
  • The citys economy relies on shipping and trade
    with other regions.

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PIGS
  • Industrial cities These cities have lots of
    different industries, factories and offices that
    provide jobs and services for people

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PIGS
  • Government cities
  • Serve peoples political needs as capital of a
    state, country, etc

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PIGS
  • Specialization of services
  • Think tourism/fun, finance, education, religious
    pilgrimages.

Hindu Pilgrimage
Entertainment destinations
Todd Tourist!
Pilgrimage to Mecca,
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PIGS
  • Ports cities gt Located on a seacoast or river.
    The citys economy relies on shipping and trade
    with other regions.
  • Industrial cities gt These cities have lots of
    different industries, factories and offices that
    provide jobs and services for people
  • Government cities gt Serve peoples political
    needs as capital of a state, country, etc
  • Specialization of services gt Think fun, tourism,
    education, religious pilgrimages.

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Practice P I G S Write the cities and their P I
G S on your paper.
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • New York City
  • Vancouver, Canada
  • Mexico City, Mexico
  • London, UK
  • Moscow, Russia
  • Cairo, Egypt
  • Paris, France
  • Mumbai (Bombay), India
  • Nagoya, Japan
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