Geography 3.5
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- Urban morphology
- the form and structure of cities (buildings, streets, size and shape.)
- functional zoning
- pattern of land useswithin the city (residential, commercial and industrial).
- Greek Cities
- 600 BC- 200 BC Acropolis and Agora
- Roman Cities
- 200 BC- 400 AD grids and extensive road systems
- Medieval City
- 1000- 1500 De-urbanization due to less traveling because of unsafe roadways.
- Feudal system
- Charter, fortress, hierarchy, market place and cathedral.
- Rennaissance City
- Baroque city (1500-1800) colonization/expansion Rapid gowth= more powerful cities Baron von Haussman
- Colonial Era cities in North America
- Spanish= pueblos, missions and presidios French= river towns English= gateway cities Dutch= fur trade posts
- gateway City
- a coity that serves a s a link between one country or region and others because of its physical location.
- Entrepot
- a port city where goods are stored, imported, and transhipped.
- American Independence
- -Growth of an American commerce and trading networks -Investment of profits in American Cities -Need for new administrative centers -Rapid urbanization -Western expansion and settlement of continental interiors.
- Mercantile city
- 1790-1840 -canals -the economic activity which in local conditions could be undertaken most efficiently. -Lead to specialization of economic activities by region/city
- Early Industrial City
- 1840-1870