Urbanization

Outcomes

Students will explain process of global urbanization, global growth of city size & quality of life comparisons.

Presentations and Discussion

First Cities

• The History of Urbanization (ppt)
• Discuss the causes of the intial formation of cities: overproduction of food, differntiation of roles, integration of disperse languages and tribes, creation of irrigation systems.

Industrial cities

• Social Integration and Structural Integration in the City:
• Discuss The City Development Index

The Megalopolises

1. Discuss Dear on the emergence of the Postmodern City

Future City

• ON China video: The Future of Chinese Urbanization
• Contribution of urban poor or informal sector to cities in terms of hygiene, menial jobs, dangerous jobs, dirty jobs

Readings

1.  UNHabitat. (2010-11). The State of the World’s Cities, pp. 6-11, 116-120. (link)
2. Review Lewis Mumford. (1961). The City in History. Discuss the dates of the emergence of various forms of city
3. Weber, Max. The City
4. Sjoberg, Gideon. The Pre-Industrial City. In "the Humanity of Cities, pp 67-114.
5. ON China video: The Future of Chinese Urbanization
6. Conn, Harvey. (1992) Genesis as Urban Prologue. In Greenway, Roger (Ed.) Discipling the City. Baker
7. Conn. (1992). The Kingdom of God and the City of Man: A History of the City/ Church Dialogue. In Greenway, Roger (Ed.), Discipling the City.Baker
8. Conn, Harvey & Manuel Ortiz. (2004) Urban Ministry. InterVarsity. ch 1-3.
9. Dear. LA School of Urbanism