Urban Geography and Global Perspective - Lecture Notes | GEOG 120, Study notes of Geography

Download Urban Geography and Global Perspective - Lecture Notes | GEOG 120 and more Study notes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Context of Third World Urbanization Contrasts between 1st and 3rd World Urbanization Terminology? Paradigms Modernization Theory Dependency Theory World Systems Theory Historical Context Colonization from 16th century onwards Overall impact varied (colony, colonizer, period) Peripheral Urbanization Disruption of pre-capitalism forms of agriculture Surplus extraction by national/international bourgeoisie—rapid growth of national capital and ports Manufacturing growth further concentrates urbanization Labor follows manufacturing, further expanding production State provides infrastructure for urbanization Beginnings of deconcentration to other cities Take-home messages Conditions of urbanization in the Third World are different, and more challenging, than anything the Western World faced External factors—particularly colonialism and continued international economic inequality— are critical for understanding conditions of ‘peripheral urbanization’