CHAPTER FIFTEEN (pgs. 398-430)
Geography for the people (Page 400-401)
Describe how the Future urban design initiatives in London will help people learn to appreciate nature more.
National Park City When the kids now become future urban design initiatives, they will make the city healthier,
designation might happier and better for themselves because they are educated
influence future urban
design initiatives in
London.
15.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization (pages 403-405)
Key words: Urban area, metropolitan area
Explain some of the One challenge that geographers face when comparing the size of cities or urban areas in
challenges geographers different parts of the world is that different countries use different standards to tell if a city
face when comparing is urban or not.
the size of cities or
urban areas in different
parts of the world.
Compare a A metropolitan area is a larger region that includes a central city and its surrounding
metropolitan area to a communities, while a city is a single urban settlement with its own government and services.
city.
Compare site and Site refers to the physical characteristics of a location (ex: topography, terrain, climate, etc.)
situation and describe situation describes its relative position and connectivity to surrounding areas. (Access to
factors related to each. transportation, markets and resources, proximity to other cities, etc.)
Describe the role that site benefits:
both site and situation fertile land, water access, and engineering potential
played in the location of situation benefits:
Tenochtitlan. defense, trade, and connection in communities with close communication
allowed Tenochtitlan to grow into a major political, economic, and religious center. The
careful exploitation of both natural and engineered features allowed the Aztecs to make the
city great
Unearthing secrets of a Silk road city (page 406)
Identify and describe Site Factors:
the site and situation - Easy to defend cause its an island
factors that likely - Fresh water nearby
- Good farming land
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, influenced the location - Transport by water
of Tenochtitlan. Situation factors:
- Good for trade
Being in the middle of the Valley of Mexico helped the Aztecs control nearby
territories.
- Everyone was close together, making the community very connected
15.2 Factors that influence Urban growth (pages 407-410)
Key words: Urban Sprawl, Edge city, boomburb, exurb, infill.
Explain why many U.S. In the 19th century, U.S. cities developed along rivers due to access to water, transportation
cities developed along routes, and industrial needs. Future growth of these cities is uncertain and depends on
rivers in the 19th various factors such as infrastructure and economic conditions.
century.
Would you predict these
cities to experience
future growth?
Compare the ways in Urbanization is driven both by economic development, which creates jobs and attracts
which economic populations, and by government policies, which shape infrastructure, land use, and
development and incentives for city growth.
government policies
drive urbanization.
Explain how the Cities that evolved before the automobile, often called were highly compact with narrow
automobile has streets, and residences close to workplaces, markets, and public etc. After the automobile,
transformed modern these cities are characterized by low-density, sprawling suburbs, car centric infrastructure,
American cities. and less walkable, less socially integrated urban environments.
How are American cities
that evolved after the
automobile different
from earlier cities?
Describe how Suburbanization is the movement of people from the city to the outskirts, while urban sprawl
suburbanization relates is the haphazard, low-density physical spread of the city that results from that movement.
to urban sprawls.
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Geography for the people (Page 400-401)
Describe how the Future urban design initiatives in London will help people learn to appreciate nature more.
National Park City When the kids now become future urban design initiatives, they will make the city healthier,
designation might happier and better for themselves because they are educated
influence future urban
design initiatives in
London.
15.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization (pages 403-405)
Key words: Urban area, metropolitan area
Explain some of the One challenge that geographers face when comparing the size of cities or urban areas in
challenges geographers different parts of the world is that different countries use different standards to tell if a city
face when comparing is urban or not.
the size of cities or
urban areas in different
parts of the world.
Compare a A metropolitan area is a larger region that includes a central city and its surrounding
metropolitan area to a communities, while a city is a single urban settlement with its own government and services.
city.
Compare site and Site refers to the physical characteristics of a location (ex: topography, terrain, climate, etc.)
situation and describe situation describes its relative position and connectivity to surrounding areas. (Access to
factors related to each. transportation, markets and resources, proximity to other cities, etc.)
Describe the role that site benefits:
both site and situation fertile land, water access, and engineering potential
played in the location of situation benefits:
Tenochtitlan. defense, trade, and connection in communities with close communication
allowed Tenochtitlan to grow into a major political, economic, and religious center. The
careful exploitation of both natural and engineered features allowed the Aztecs to make the
city great
Unearthing secrets of a Silk road city (page 406)
Identify and describe Site Factors:
the site and situation - Easy to defend cause its an island
factors that likely - Fresh water nearby
- Good farming land
1
, influenced the location - Transport by water
of Tenochtitlan. Situation factors:
- Good for trade
Being in the middle of the Valley of Mexico helped the Aztecs control nearby
territories.
- Everyone was close together, making the community very connected
15.2 Factors that influence Urban growth (pages 407-410)
Key words: Urban Sprawl, Edge city, boomburb, exurb, infill.
Explain why many U.S. In the 19th century, U.S. cities developed along rivers due to access to water, transportation
cities developed along routes, and industrial needs. Future growth of these cities is uncertain and depends on
rivers in the 19th various factors such as infrastructure and economic conditions.
century.
Would you predict these
cities to experience
future growth?
Compare the ways in Urbanization is driven both by economic development, which creates jobs and attracts
which economic populations, and by government policies, which shape infrastructure, land use, and
development and incentives for city growth.
government policies
drive urbanization.
Explain how the Cities that evolved before the automobile, often called were highly compact with narrow
automobile has streets, and residences close to workplaces, markets, and public etc. After the automobile,
transformed modern these cities are characterized by low-density, sprawling suburbs, car centric infrastructure,
American cities. and less walkable, less socially integrated urban environments.
How are American cities
that evolved after the
automobile different
from earlier cities?
Describe how Suburbanization is the movement of people from the city to the outskirts, while urban sprawl
suburbanization relates is the haphazard, low-density physical spread of the city that results from that movement.
to urban sprawls.
2
