Urban Geography 

Day 3 

The Second Urban Revolution 

• a large scale movement of people to cities to work in manufacturing 
• second agricultural revolution that improved food produced and created a larger surplus 
• industrialization, which encouraged growth of cities near industrial resources 
• snowball effect / booming economy 

• Nature of manufacturing changed and location changed too. many factories have been abandoned, creation "rust belts" out of once-thriving industrial districts 
• houses in the Indus River Cities, such as Mohenjo-Daro and Harppa were equal sizes

Zone of the Cities 

• central business districts(CBD)
• Central city(CBD and older housing zones)
• suburb(outlying, functionally uniform zones)

Edge Cities 

• suburban downtown's often located near key freeway intersections with:
• office complexes 
• shopping centers
• hotels
• restaurants 
• entertainment facilities 
• sport centers