Module: Cities in the America to Present - Review Sheet | GEOG 4210, Study notes of Urbanization

Download Module: Cities in the America to Present - Review Sheet | GEOG 4210 and more Study notes Urbanization in PDF only on Docsity! University of North Texas Department of Geography GEOG 4210 Dr. Murray Rice Review Terms Module 4: Cities in America – 1945 to Present Please ensure you can define, discuss, and draw diagrams relevant to the following terms and ideas that we covered in class and in the readings for these modules. Characteristics of urban growth in three distinct periods since 1945 1. 1945-1972 : postwar economic recovery and growth 2. 1972-1983 : urban restructuring and economic crisis 3. 1983-present : renewed urban growth Fordism/Fordist mass production and Corporate capitalism Economic change Megalopolis Time-space convergence Issues surrounding expressway development Impact of foreign competition and waves of development Deindustrialization and Creative destruction (example of Vancouver’s False Creek) Three enabling technologies 1. production process technologies 2. transaction technologies 3. circulation technologies Informational vs. industrial development Corporate interlocking directorates as an example of an important informational-era strategy for cities World urban system and world cities