A fascinating aspect of urban geography involves trying to understand the procsses that led to the development and growth of individual cities and systems of cities. Since the evolution of the first cities about 5,500 years ago, changes in social, cultural, economic, political, technological, and environmental processes have helped fuel urban growth and change. A look at the internal structure of these cities-street patterns, religious precincts, different neighborhoods, and so on-reveals a great deal about their evolution.
A fascinating aspect of urban geography involves trying to understand the procsses that led to the development and growth of individual cities and systems of cities. Since the evolution of the first cities about 5,500 years ago, changes in social, cultural, economic, political, technological, and environmental processes have helped fuel urban growth and change. A look at the internal structure of these cities-street patterns, religious precincts, different neighborhoods, and so on-reveals a great deal about their evolution.
A fascinating aspect of urban geography involves trying to understand the procsses that led to the development and growth of individual cities and systems of cities. Since the evolution of the first cities about 5,500 years ago, changes in social, cultural, economic, political, technological, and environmental processes have helped fuel urban growth and change. A look at the internal structure of these cities-street patterns, religious precincts, different neighborhoods, and so on-reveals a great deal about their evolution.