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