What is population density of Europe?
582 people/km2
What is the urban banana?
The economic heartland of Europe
- Milan to Manchester access
What are some characteristiccs of western european cities?
- First to establish true urban system
- The later a country began to urbanize, the faster it took place
- Attempt by governmemnts to limit growth of largest cities
- Accounts for ~13% of worlds urban population
- No longer the largest cities in the world but still the most important
What is the CAP?
Common agricultural policy
- government send money to farmers to keep them there
- Part of EU
What is the largest port in the world?
Rotterdam
In europe who were the onces living in the central city?
Rich
Where was the first garden city?
Welwyn UK (just outside london)
What are the differences of european cities versus canadian cities?
- High suburban density
- Apartments
- Public transportation
- Land security
- Centralized urban planning
- Rich more likely in urban core and poor more likely in suburban rings
What is unique about the european city?
- more compact
- governments are proactive in maintaining healthy CBDs
- Less sprawl
- More greenbelts to preserve the central city
- High fuel costs
- Clogged city traffic
- Mass transit
- Zoning rules
What is the only city impacted by the industrial revolution?
Frankfurt
What is the rhine-ryhr?
2 Rivers length
- Manufacturing heartland of Germany
What is neighbourhood stability?
People stay in place for a long time
What are the distinctive features of a european city?
- Plaza and squares
- Lively dowtowns
- Quiet skylines
- Complex street patters
- High density and compact form
- Neighbourhood stability
- Imprint of militarization
- Symbolism
What are the different types of european cities?
- British
- Central european
- Mediterranean
- Nordic
- Eastern European
What is important about the british cities?
- Most resembles Canada
- Flight to suburbs
- more gentrification than Canada
- inner city - decay, poverty, diminishing services, crime
What is important the central european cities?
- Visual importance of town hall, town square, and church
- Importance attached to pre-industrial core
- parks, and pedestrian zones
- urban planning (large urban planning departments)
What is important about mediterranian cities?
- Most omcpact form
- Appears disorderly
- Congestion
- City viewed as venue for life
- minimal attention to urban planning
- less compartmentalization and social segregation
- most people live close to work
Which zone theory do most european cities use?
Inverse concentric zone theory
What is imoprtant about nordic cities?
- Grid pattern in core
- waterside site
- least compact
- modest in size
- array of ammenities
What is important about the eastern european cities?
- turned into micro districts by comunist planning
- old primate and historical cities were ignored
- dominant square, fronted by apartment complexes with factories, schools, shops, etc
- No need for CBD
- 7-11 story complexes
