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The Eastern European City Eastern European & Russian cities were turned into microdistricts by communist planning Old primate and historical cities were ignored Huge dominant square & wide radiating avenues fronted by huge apartment complexes with factories, schools, shops & so on. No need for CBD, mass commuting or suburbs

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Page 1: The Eastern European City Eastern European & Russian cities were turned into microdistricts by communist planning Old primate and historical cities were

The Eastern European City• Eastern European &

Russian cities were turned into microdistricts by communist planning

• Old primate and historical cities were ignored

• Huge dominant square & wide radiating avenues fronted by huge apartment complexes with factories, schools, shops & so on.

• No need for CBD, mass commuting or suburbs

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The Eastern European City• Large 7 to 11 story

complexes were rapidly built of shoddy material with no decoration-ugly and depressing

• Moscow’s growing pop. (11 m.) lives in microdistricts that radiate out from Red Square.

• St. Petersburg was rebuilt in the ugly socialist style after heavy damage in World War II

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Modeling the Cities of the Global Periphery and Semiperiphery

• Latin American City (Griffin-Ford model)

• African City (de Blij model)

• Southeast Asian City (McGee model)

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Making Cities in the Global Periphery and Semiperiphery

- sharp contrast between rich and poor - Often lack zoning laws or enforcement of zoning laws

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The Ibero-American City

• Latin American cities are growing rapidly-1950= 41% urban, 1997 74% urban

• CBD dominates the center with 2 main divisions-traditional market and modern high rises

• A commercial spine and axis of business is surrounded by elite residential housing

Griffin-Ford model

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The Ibero-American City• The spine is an extension

of the CBD with offices, shops, high class housing, restaurants, theaters, & parks

• Zone of Maturity-Middle class housing 2nd best

• Zone of In Situ Accretion-high pop. Density of modest housing

• Periphery-Periferico-high density shanty towns of extreme poverty and no services (favelas)

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The African City

• African cities often have 3 CBDs=Colonial, Traditional and Periodic Market Zone

• Sub-Saharan Africa is the least urbanized area of the world, but the most rapidly urbanizing

• No large cities to match Cairo-Kinshasa, Nairobi, Harare, Dakar, Abidjan were established by Europeans

de Blij model

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The African City

• No large cities to match Cairo-Kinshasa, Nairobi, Harare, Dakar, Abidjan were established by Europeans

• South African cities-Johannesburg, Cape Town & Durbin are western cities with elements of European and American models-high rise CBDs and sprawling suburbs

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The Southeast Asian City• SE Asia-rapid growth of

population & cities-1950-15% urban, 1990s-29% urban

• Most growth in coastal cities like Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

• Old colonial port zone surrounds the commercial district

• Unlike Western cities-no formal business zone, but separate clusters McGee model

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Ethnic NeighborhoodsEuropean City– eg. Muslim neighborhoods in Paris

Cities of the Periphery and Semiperiphery– eg. Mumbai, India

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Mumbai, India