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Workshop I attended
1
The Urbanising World
Dr. Charlotte Lemanski
Robinson College, University of Cambridge
Lecture pitched at first year undergraduate level as a sort of taster.
Main themes of lecture:
Global Urbanisation
Historical and contemporary trends
Contemporary urbanisation linked to poverty rather than growth ?
Changing urbanisation
Described the use of the Global north and south as alternative terms for
LEDC/MEDC used at the University.
Started with some images of prosperity and poverty from the opposite places
that one would expect.
Africa / Asia / South America images of wealth and growth of buildings
Europe and USA to demonstrate deprivation
Definition of urbanisation was explored. Used the cartoon from Windows on the
World people arriving are contributing to urbanisation, but those who are
waiting for the city to come to them are not. They are waiting for urban sprawl.
Urban areas are not just cities, therefore there arent 50% living in cities this is
a mistake made by many media.
Urbanism: a way of life cultural attitude to life a mentality
Divisions between settlements are difficult to define e.g. large village to small
town etc.
International comparisons are difficult changing definition of cities in some
countries.
UN Habitat Graph population as a whole has grown.
Popn. has grown x3 Urban areas population x5 urban Africa will have a greater
population than Europe by 2030
Time for 1 billion.. 10 000 years for first billion
3 4 billion added in just 15 years (2003-18)
Speed of urbanisation is unprecedented, so current urbanisation is on a different
scale, and occuring at a different pace.
Europe and USA took around 200 years to urbanise, many countries currently
taking more like 80 years.
Graph doesnt show where urbanisation is happening.
Case Study (mini) 3 or 4 sentences about a location, with some factual detail
supporting an argument
2 or 3 at most in-depth Case Studies of around half a page to point your
argument