week 5-6-7: Global context of urbanization and urban change
This lesson will cover the following topics:
1. Introduction
2. The urbanization of the globe.
3. The changning distribution of the world's urban population.
4.The causes of urban growth.
5.Settlement size,Meagacities and million cities. urbanization and economic growth.
6. Urbanization cycle.(primate city phase, intermediate city phase, small city phase,)
7. Stages of urban development model.(urbanization,suburbanization,counter urbanization and reurbanization)
8. Types of urbanized regions.
Course Material
- week 1-2: Introduction, Concept and theory in urban geography
- week 3-4: Origin and growth of cities
- week 5-6-7: Global context of urbanization and urban change
- week 8-9-10: Land use in the the cities
- week 11-12: Urban planing and policies
- week 13-14: Towns as central place (slums and suburbs)
- week 15-16: Study of process of urbanization in Pakistan
- Chapters 7
- Department Earth Sciences
- Teacher
Shagufta Riaz
