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SOL 11a,b,c
Urban Geography
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SiteSite is the actual
location of a citySituation is another
name for relative location – the location of a city with respect to other geographic features, regions, resources, and transport routes
Location of Cities
Situation
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Examples of SiteHarbor sites: New York
City; Alexandria, Egypt; Istanbul, Turkey
Island sites: Paris (located on island in the Seine River), Hong Kong, Singapore
Fall line sites: Richmond, Virginia
Oasis sites: Damascus, Syria
Confluence sites: Khartoum, Sudan; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hilltop sites: Rome, Athens, Jerusalem
Sites where rivers narrow: London (Thames River) and Quebec (St. Lawrence River)
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Islands
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Harbor Sites
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Confluence Sites
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Where River Narrows
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Examples of SituationBaghdad – Command
of land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Istanbul – Command of straits and land bridge to Europe
Mecca, Saudi Arabia and Varanasi, India – Focal point of pilgrimage
Samarkand, Uzbekistan – City on Silk Road
Xi’an, China – City on Silk Road
Timbuktu, Mali – City on Trans-Sahara trade route
Singapore – City on Strait of Malacca (maritime trade route)
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Examples of SituationCape Town, South
Africa – Supply station for ships
Omaha, Nebraska – City that grew up on U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
Sacramento, California – City that grew up on U.S. Transcontinental Railroad
Novosibirsk and Vladivostock – Cities that grew up on the Trans-Siberian Railroad
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Command of Land
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Religious
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Railroads
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Trade Routes
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Functions of CitiesSecurity, defenseReligious centersTrade centers (local
and long distance)Government
administrationManufacturing
centersService centers
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How Functions ChangeRio de Janeiro –
Move of Brazil’s capital city from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia
Pittsburgh – Early function connected to defense, then became steel manufacturing center, later shifted to diverse services
New York City – Changes in trade patterns, trade from Great Lakes via Eerie Canal, worldwide trade and financial center
Mining Towns – “ghost” towns – resource depletion
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Brasilia
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How Functions Change
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Influence of Urban AreasNation Building –
monumentsTransportation/
Communication Hubs
Magnets for Migration
Seed beds for new ideas and technology
Universities
Corporate Headquarters
Media Centers
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ProblemsTransportation
problems Rich and poor
neighborhoods exist in different areas isolated from one another
Providing essential services (fresh water, sewage disposal, electricity, schools)
Air, water, and noise pollution
Sprawl results in conversion of agricultural land to urban uses
Rapid immigration results in “shantytowns”
In developing countries, major cities are more connected to regions outside the country than to regions within the country
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Shantytowns