More notes on urban geography
Second urban revolution:
A large scale of people moved to cities to work in manufacturing, and this was possible becuse of:
1. the 2nd agricultural involution that improved food production and created a larger surplus
2. Industrialization, which encouraged growth of cities near industrial resources (like a snowball effect)
The second half of the century:
The nature of manufacturing changed and locations changed as well. Many factors have been abandoned, creating "rust-belts" out of once thriving industrial districts
An example is: Steel- most of the things we use are plastic, we no longer use steel as frequently as we use to. Therefor the steel industries are not needed as much as they were back then.
Zones of the city:
1. Central business district (CBD)
2. Central city (the CBD + older housings)
3. Suburb (outlining functionally uniform zone outside of the central city
Edge cities:
Suburban downtown, often located near key freeway intersections that often have:
1. office complexes
2. shopping centers
3. hotels
4. restaurants
5. entertainment facilities
6. sports complexes
Making cities in global core:
redlining= financial institutions refusing to lend money in certain neighborhoods
Blockbusting= realtors purposefully sell a home at a low price to African Americans and then solicit white residents to sell their homes and low prices, to generate "white flight"
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