Download History of the City | GEOG 456 - SOCIAL GEOG METRO AREAS and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 City DEFINITION 1 Should not be abstracted from its historical, cultural, political, and economic matrix. a concentration of people with distinctive ways of life in terms of employment patterns and lifestyle A place with a high degree of specialized land uses A political designation referring to a place larger than town or village. A legal entity- incorporated as a municipality. TERM 2 Social Urban Issues Greatly Differ around the world DEFINITION 2 No country in the industrial age has ever achieved significant economic growth without urbanization TERM 3 Developed/ing Countries Urbanization DEFINITION 3 Developed cities are predominantly structured based on the industrialization elements during the 19th and 20th century. Developing industrialization started after WWII social urban issues are intensified by population pressure and poor social/physical urban infrastructure. TERM 4 Uneven Development & Poverty DEFINITION 4 Growing inequality among countries Growing inter-country inequalities Growing inequalities within a city There is no close relationship between the degree of domestic inequalities and the prospect of eliminating poverty. TERM 5 Contrasts in the Developed World DEFINITION 5 Inequalities in the developed workd are rising Increase in demand for skilled labor, decrease in demand for unskilled labor In U.S., in spite of economic growth poverty has been increasing form the 1970s and is about 15% this decade Gap between poorest and richest has been on the rise TERM 6 Urbanization of Poverty DEFINITION 6 More poverty resides in cities and the concentration is lower in urban areas. TERM 7 Qualities of Life in the World DEFINITION 7 no access to safe drinking water access to latrines feminization of poverty; exposure to contaminated environment, violence, and criminal victimization has increased absence of opportunities for meaningful participation and inadequate support for capacity building by low-income communities. TERM 8 Ability to maintain a minimum standard of living DEFINITION 8 Depends not only on income in relation to cost of living but also on access to basic services both physical infrastructure (water, sewer, elctricity) social infrastructure (education, health, welfare) TERM 9 Public Policies DEFINITION 9 Different policies produce different living conditions in countries with similar experiences of globalization and technological changes. HIgh inequalities sustain poverty TERM 10 Poverty DEFINITION 10 including urban poverty, is not restricted to developing world, and is destabilize the world economic growth and peaceNeed a new form of government and empowerment of all, including poor, particularly in growing urban setting.
