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Urbanization: Transforming Global Cities

This document discusses key topics related to urbanization including: 1. It provides examples of cities like Dubai, Shenzhen, Jakarta, Toronto, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo that have greatly transformed over the past decades. 2. It outlines important issues surrounding urbanization like population growth, globalization, and their environmental consequences. 3. It describes the economic, social, and environmental challenges that come with rapid urbanization including rising inequality between urban and rural areas, pollution, traffic congestion, high costs of living, and spatial issues like urban sprawl.

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Urbanization: Transforming Global Cities

This document discusses key topics related to urbanization including: 1. It provides examples of cities like Dubai, Shenzhen, Jakarta, Toronto, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo that have greatly transformed over the past decades. 2. It outlines important issues surrounding urbanization like population growth, globalization, and their environmental consequences. 3. It describes the economic, social, and environmental challenges that come with rapid urbanization including rising inequality between urban and rural areas, pollution, traffic congestion, high costs of living, and spatial issues like urban sprawl.

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  • Urbanization Introduction: Provides an introduction to urbanization concepts presented by Prof. Mark Decena.
  • Transformation of Cities: Showcases cities that have significantly transformed over the years, depicted by images of skyline changes.
  • City Case Studies: Presents visual transformations of specific cities from past to present, including Dubai, Shenzhen, Jakarta, and others.
  • Understanding Urbanization: Clarifies the concept of urbanization and its implications on economic and social structures.
  • Key Urban Issues: Lists significant issues arising from urbanization, including population growth and environmental impacts.
  • Ancient Cities: Explores ancient cities and compares their structures to modern day urban centers.
  • Urban and Rural Life: Illustrates the contrast between rural and urban lifestyles.
  • Population and Megacities: Explains the rise of megacities and their global impact on population distributions.
  • Economic Centers: Discusses the role of urban centers as economic powerhouses and their influence on global trade.
  • Urban Traffic Challenges: Analyzes traffic issues in urban centers and suggests solutions to mitigate congestion.
  • Livable Cities: Identifies factors that contribute to city livability and ranks notable examples.
  • Educational Hubs: Highlights urban centers renowned for intellectual life and education.
  • Urban Inequality: Addresses issues of inequality and slum development in bustling urban areas.
  • Pollution Issues: Covers the environmental and health impacts of pollution in densely populated cities.
  • Urban Crime: Discusses the prevalence and types of crimes in urban areas and their underlying causes.
  • Cost of Living: Compares the cost of living across various global cities and the implications for residents.
  • Urban Sprawl and Space Issues: Explores the issue of urban sprawl and its effects on city infrastructure and resources.
  • Iconic Urban Infrastructure: Showcases world-renowned landmarks and infrastructures that represent urban innovation.
  • Cultural Diversity in Cities: Examines how cities serve as melting pots for cultural diversity with varying demographic profiles.
  • The Future of Cities: Predicts urban development trends and advancements forecasted for the future.
  • Smart Cities: Investigates the role of technology in enhancing urban living standards and managing city resources.

Urbanization

Presented by Prof. Mark Decena


QCPU GEN ED- HUMANITIES

Transformers: Cities that greatly


transformed through out the years

Dubai 1990 - 2013

Shenzen, China 1980-2011

Jakarta, Indonesia 1965- 2005

Toronto, Canada 1930-2014

Hongkong 1920-2000

Shanghai, China 1990-2014

Tokyo, Japan 1946-2000

What is Urbanization?

Important issues
How

cities have changed and why


Rural, urban, and suburban living
Globalization and urbanization
Population growth and its consequences
Globalization, urbanization, growth, and
the environment

Ancient cities

Organized

very differently than todays


cities, both spatially and socially
Centers for culture, science, commerce,
and so on
The vast majority of the population lived
in rural towns and communities, with
little or no connection to cities.

The Glory that was Greece

The Grandeur that was Rome

Babylonia

Life in the Rural Areas

Life in the City

A. Increasing Population

Megacities- urban center inhabited by


more than 10 million people
More

than half the


world's population
now live in cities
and generate 80%
of global GDP

- World Bank

Urbanization in the Philippines

Push/Pull Factors of Urbanization


Push:

Forced migration
from rural to cities are
taking place as people
are in search of jobs,
food, and housing

Pull:

Cities offer:

Jobs
Housing
Entertainment
Modern

Living

B. Business Hub- Center of Economic


Activity

Central Business District the commercial


and business center of the city

Downtown- core of the city or CBD

GLOBAL CITIES HOME TO THE MULTI NATIONAL


COMPANIES EXAMPLES SHANGHAI, DUBAI, SINGAPORE

Economic structure of a city


Firm

centered
consists of impersonal
social institutions,
specialized
occupations for
productive ends and
is capital intensive

Bazaar

economy
consists of
independent activities
of highly competitive
traders who relate to
one another through
complex ad hoc
means-very
personalized

Informal economy/underground
economy

C. Traffic

A study

by the
National Center for
Transportation Studies
says that the heavy
traffic in Metro Manila
cost the country 137.5
billion pesos in 2011.

How Bad the Traffic is?


When

you come
home and youre
caught in traffic, just
remember that people
are running errands,
not just loitering
around. That is a sign
of economic growth.
-

PNOY

Horror Traffic Jam in Jakarta,


Indonesia lasted for 35 hours killed 18

Fix traffic or PH can lose P6B daily by 2030 JICA

Why Traffic?

Solutions to Arrest Traffic Problem in


Metro Manila

1. More Roads and Alternative Roads

2. Improved Mass Transport System

3. Road Widening

4. Clear arterial roads from illegal parking and unallowed


occupancy of vendors

5. Regulate vehicular sales and use of private vehicles

6. Imposed stiff penalty on traffic violators

7. Encourage pedestrians to use bicycle

8. Phased out old aged private and public utility vehicles

9. Road Repair must be properly coordinated

Congested/Overcrowded

Suburban Areas
Small

communities
built on the outskirts
of cities.

Most

people move to
the suburbs to flee
the negatives of big
city living.
EX.

Crime,
congestion, and
noise

What makes a city livable?

1.STABILITY
2.HEALTHCARE
3.INFRASTRUCTURE
4.EDUCATION
5.CULTURE
6.ENVIRONMENT

The most Livable Cities in the World


1. Melbourne City

Livable Cities
2. City of Vienna

3. Vancouver City

D. Center of Intellectual Life

E. Gross Inequality

Slum Areas
In the Philippines where
about 20 million people
live in slums. One tenth of
slum dwellers live in the
capital Manila, in
neighborhoods like this
one in the Tondo District.
The U.N. says many of
them lack adequate
water, housing, sanitation,
education, health and
employment.

Slum Hub of the World

Favelas in Brazil

Bangladesh

Slum Areas in the Developed World


Hong Kong

USA (Ghetto)

Cosmetic Approach to Informal


Settlement

Escalator in the slum area of Medelin,


Colombia

THE PROBLEM OF RELOCATION AMONG SLUM DWELLERS IN THE


METROPOLIS

Human Resettlement- Socialized


Housing

F. Pollution

WHO: Pollution has increased by 8


percent in urban areas

WHO: 4 in 5 city dwellers live in


overpolluted urban areas

Pollution
citarum river, Indonesia the most polluted river in
the world

Production of Waste/Waste Management


Hinulugang Taktak, Antipolo City:Then
and Now

of Garbage in the Philippines has


been produced from Metro Manila

Metro Manila spent P4.2B to get rid of 2013 garbage

1. QC- 994 MILLION PESOS

2. MANILA 512 MILLION PESOS


3. MAKATI CITY- 440 MILLION PESOS

4. CALOOCAN CITY- 421 MILLION PESOS

5. PASAY CITY 376 MILLION PESOS

G. High Incidence of Crime (The


Underworld Scheme in the City)

Crime Prone Areas in the NCR,


Philippines
1.

Bagong Silang, Caloocan City

2.

Tugatog, Malabon City

3.

North Bay Boulevard South, Navotas City

4.

Marulas, Valenzuela City

5.

Greenhills, San Juan City

6.

Ayala, Makati City

7.

Alabang, Muntinlupa City

Cities are potentially attracted to


Terrorist Networks and Terrorist Attacks

H. COST OF LIVING

Hyperinflation in Harare, Zimbabwe

1 burger meal - 50 billion dollars

I.Problem of Space
URBAN SPRAWL
The uncontrolled spreading of
urban development into
undeveloped land around a city
Drawbacks:
a. Strains city services like
firefighting and building
schools
b. Makes transportation difficult
c. Uses up more land and
affects the environment

Spatial problem

J. World Class Infrastructure/Landmark

K. City is a Home to Cultural Diversity


Latinos in the USA
Chinese in the Asia Pacific
Indians in Singapore and London

The Future of City 2050

SMART CITY

FACTORS CAUSING URBANIZATION

Migration

Advance in Technology/Citadel of
Innovation

The Changing Landscape in the


Philippines

FORBES PARK, MAKATI

AYALA, MAKATI

CUBAO QC 1960S

CUBAO QC TODAY

EDSA

BAGUIO CITY 1921

CEBU

ROXAS BLVD

LAWTON, MANILA

Urbanization Presented by Prof. Mark Decena QCPU GEN ED- HUMANITIES
Transformers: Cities that greatly transformed through out the years
Dubai 1990 - 2013
Shenzen, China 1980-2011
Jakarta, Indonesia 1965- 2005
Toronto, Canada 1930-2014
Hongkong 1920-2000
Shanghai, China 1990-2014
Tokyo, Japan 1946-2000
What is Urbanization?

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