L1 - Introduction

Question 1

What are the 3 perspectives on urbanisation?

Answer 1

1. morphological (population/economic activities)
2. agglomeration (centrality, processes of knowledge, infrastructure, and goods sharing)
3. community (specific outcomes of socio/political difference)

Question 2

What is the Urban Age narrative?

Answer 2

the city as the global norm - emphasising the critical role that the city plays (economically, politically, and socially)

more than 50% of the world live in cities