Reading

• Rubenstein Chapter 13: Urban Patterns [Key Issues 1-4]

 

Outcomes
A. Development and character of cities

1. Origin of cities

2. Rural to Urban migration: urban growth

3. Global cities and megacities

4. Suburbs and edge cities

B. Models of urban systems

1. Rand-size rule

2. Central place theory

3. Gravity model

C. Internal structure – models of cities

1. Concentric zone model

2. Sector model

3. Multiple-nuclei model

4. Changing employment mix

5. Changing demographic and social structures 6. Uneven development, ghettoization, and gentrification

D. Social Spaces

1. Housing

2. Transportation and infrastructure

3. Political organization

4. Urban planning 

5. Patterns of race, ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic status

E. Thinking Geographically