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AP Human Geography: Unit 6 - Cities and Urban Land-Use
6.1
Definitions and urbanization
Unit VI Broken Down
6.2
Origin and evolution of cities
1. Historical patterns of urbanization
2. Rural-urban migration and urban growth
3. Global cities and megacities
4. Models of urban cities
Required Viewing: "New Urbanism"
6.3
Functional character of contemporary cities
1. Changing employment mix
2. Changing demographics and social structures
6.4
Built environment and social space
1. Comparative models of internal city structure
2. Transportation and infrastructure
3. Political organization of urban areas
4. Urban planning and design
5. Patterns of race, ethnicity, gender, and class
6. Uneven development, gentrification, and ghettoization
7. Impacts of suburbanization and edge cities
Slide 36 - Contains Optional Urban Planning Project Specifics
Next time your flying over an urban area in a window seat, check out the urban planning (infrastructure and organization)
Listen to this broadcast from NPR (hint: you may see this on a future test) - Urban Utopia
CHRISTALLER'S CENTRAL PLACE THEORY
COMPLETE SERVICES
Kevin Lynch, Image of the City
paths, the streets, sidewalks, trails, and other channels in which people travel;
edges, perceived boundaries such as walls, buildings, and shorelines;
districts, relatively large sections of the city distinguished by some identity or character;
nodes, focal points, intersections or loci;
landmarks, readily identifiable objects which serve as external reference points."imageability
Urban Hierarchy
CITY & URBAN DESCRIPTIONS
1. Concentric Zone Model
2. Sector Model
3. Multi Nuclei Model
MAPPING AMERICA
Practice Urban Models
Baroque Architecture
Gothic Architecture
Colonial Architecture
NeoClassical (Georgian) Architecture
Victorian Architecture
Postmodern Architecture
MAPPING OUR WORLD
REVIEW UNIT VII
Urban Geography in a Nutshell
What is a slum? Why do so many live in slums? Which slums are the worst?
Student Project Presentations
Key Issue 13.2 & 13.3 (First half of 13.3)
Last half of Key Issue 13.3 & All of 13.4
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