Today in Human Geo class we continued with our notes.

The second Urban Revolution

A large scale of movement of people to cities to work in manufacturing.

Made possible by:
1. second agricultural revolution that improved food production and created a larger surplus
2. industrialization, which encouraged growth of citites near industrial resources

During the second half of the 20th century...

Nature of manufacturing changed and locations changed too. Many factories have been abandoned, creatig "rust belts" out of once thriving industrial districts

Houses in the Indus river were all the same size

Zones of the city
Central business district (CBD)
Central city ( the CBD and olderhousing zones)
Suburb ( outlying, functionally uniform zone outside of the central city)

Edge cities

Suburban downtowns, often located near key freeway intersections, often with
-office complexes
-shopping centers
-hotels
-restaurants
-entertainment facilities
-sport complexes

Making cities in the global core

redlining- financial institutions refasing to lead money in certain neighborhoods

Blockbusting- realtors purposefully sells home at a low price to an african american and white residents sold their homes at low prices, generated "white flights"