This city:

• is not the capital city in its state, but it is the biggest city

• Is on the northwest coast

• has about 4 million people in its metropolitan area

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City of the day:

Large cities with a population of at least 20 million people

Metacities

Large cities with a population of at least 10 million people

Megacities

Urban Hierarchy

A group of metropolitan areas that are seen as one long continuous urban chain.
Example: Boston - New York City

Megalopolis

A large urban area that includes the population of a city and its surrounding suburbs

Metropolitan Area

Urban Hierarchy

• Not just big cities!!!

• ​A world city has global influence whereas a large city may not

• A world city is at the center of the world's economy

World Cities

• Places of cultural hierarchical diffusion (What does that even mean? let's discuss ...)

• Centers for banks, businesses, large organizations, etc. For example, the UN headquarters is in New York City.

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World Cities are ...

If the largest city in a country is more than twice the size of the second largest city, it is called a primate city.

Examples: Mexico City, London

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Primate Cities

A rule for predicting the sizes of highly developed cities that says the second largest city in a country should be 1/2 as big as the largest, and the third largest should be 1/3 as large, etc.

It also says that in well-developed countries, higher order services, like hospitals, have larger ranges and thresholds

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Rank-size rule

Housing for the extremely poor where they do not have legal ownership of their homes. These settlements are commonly found in Latin America, Africa, and India.

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Squatter Settlements

The process of a lower-income area slowly transforming into a higher income area because rich people buy and fix up old properties. What is the result of this?

Gentrification

in the 1950s and 60s, many realtors convinced white people to sell their homes in cities for low prices and move into the suburbs. What is the result of this?

BlockBusting

Suburbs and inequity

Urban Land Use Models
Why are Washington D.C. and other capital cities Different from all these models? ...

Many African cities have three central business district:
1. European Political Sector
2. European Economic Sector
3. Traditional African Market sector

Africa

Many southeastern Asian cities are centered around coastal ports because they prioritize trade by sea.

SouthEast Asia

Other Countries' Urban Models

A larger model of cities that are more spread out and have multiple "mini downtown" areas.

This model is uniquely known for having Exurban Nodes.

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Galactic Model

Take a deep breath ...
You can do this ... focus ...
Now, let's review what
we've learned.