How Are Cities Organized? Crash Course Geography #46
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Today we’re going to take a closer look at cities, examine how these large complex structures are organized, and identify patterns and differences in land use around the world. We'll begin with a quick recap of Central Place Theory, then we'll show you how the Concentric Zone Model can approximate the development of Chicago in the United States. Then, we'll take a closer look at colonial port cities, the development of industrial zones and financial districts, and the patchwork of immigrant communities that often developed around them in cities such as Boston in the United States. And finally, we will end our episode with a look at the layout of some North African cities that are in earthquake-prone areas with hot and dry climates such as in Fez, Morocco.
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Hearing about the structure of Fez is so eye-opening and interesting since I've only ever lived in America my whole life. Sometimes it's just hard to wrap your head around how much can go on in one city!
Spent some time in Morocco and absolutely loved the urban design. North America should take some notes!
outside of the US and other western cities, most cities are not car centric and so there is a huge focus on density, walkability, small stall & local businesses, and communal living
Cities don't need to be organised around the excessively noisy automobile. Properly built cities are walkable/cyclable, have a well-developed public transport system and offer calm public spaces for people to enjoy gathering outdoors. Just look at older cities that have not been overtaken by the car craze and you'll see what I mean.
I hadn't realized Crash Course started doing a geography series! I'm a world history teacher with a love for geography and really love the production changes that have gone into this series versus some of the earlier ones done by Crash Course. I also really appreciate the indigenous people whose land these cities currently occupy, thank you for acknowledging that!
great video. but, it does have some weaknesses.
first off. it doesn't really explain how pedestrian cities differ from car based cities. despite that being one of the biggest determiners or how a city is laid out.
secondly. it also makes it sound like European and American cities are generally alike. which they absolutely are not. European cities. like most old world cities. are pre motorized transportation. so many European cities (London comes to mind) have small compact often messy urban cores much like Fez.
they also (and this is another thing you failed to cover but does greatly influence cities in their layout.) as a result have far more mixed zoning then American cities. old world cities, be they in Europe Africa or Asia generally have mixed residential/commercial zoning for most of their down town. as historically, people lived above their shops. and still do to a great extent. interestingly this combined with the medieval city layout you showed in Fez. often means that since the best shop spots were right next to the church or mosque. the richest areas were right next to the church or mosque aswell. as a result. the Chicago based city model you used to explain wealth distribution in cities. becomes almost completely inverted for most cities on the planet. as the wealthiest residential areas are right in the city center decreasing as you go out. over all this comes across as very America centric. great video otherwise tho.
The city planners of Vancouver B.C. learned their lessons in Europe, because we have a LOT of parks here. A walk through a park is good for the soul 😁👍🇨🇦
The inner city is a highly sought after place to live in European cities.
The relocation to the suburbs did not leave the city center as an empty, dilapidated and underfunded problem in the same way as in North American cities.
Many NA cities are bouncing back - a large proportion of the highrise towers in that shot of Toronto, early on, are recently-built residential buildings. And many of those do house families.
There's also the differences between cities established after the proliferation of motor vehicles and those established before. In term of how the former mightve been designed around car ownership & driving experience instead of being pedestrian friendly.
Thank you for a very informative video. I'm currently self-studying to become an urban planner and you provide some great perspectives and sources.
I love crash course and learning so much. I swear if only college were free. In the meantime I love these videos they relax me. Thank you 💖🦋
for next time u should totally talk about how american model of planing cities was used in the gulf countries in cities lie dubai which didnt really work, also u should mention the problems dubai have in itss planningg and design
Dubai city planning was based off huffing fossil fuel profits, running out of sports cars to buy, and good old fashioned power imbalances.
Just a small correction on the Fez part. Arabic is complex. Suq is not just one place like target or home Depot, Suq is the whole commercial zone. Think of it like the whole Mall or shipping center. So it's not suqs which sell books and suqs which sell paint. It's all actually one Suq with different people selling different things.
5:55 Not a big deal, but the Toronto pin looks like it's pointing at Montréal
This might be a good moment to mention the RUclips channel of Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns. Go take a look there! And be amazed by how wasteful North American cities are with their money and revenues. Would also be great for living standards if we decided to switch to a more European style of living in a city.
I love in the opening scene you see Spider Man sidling out of the picture!
me living in Athens: Cities are organised?
3000 years ago.
The pappas family wants to put a road here. Okay. That should be fine for now.
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I don't understand, how is Fez's road layout related to the earthquakes?
Pretty good job. The city as a living, breathing ecosystem is a peculiar analogy.
Except in some cities where the streets were laid out by cracked out spiders
anyone noticing that these models are from the USA. this is not how europaean cities work
They had some from Murica lite(Canada).
Europe was left out because it is full of places each built off of literal centuries of history. Which they are too stubborn to change.
And our cities aren’t as broke as any North American city is (on average)
is there an episode talking about how commuters is systematic classism at the very least
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Me: Looking at the spider man 😅😅 0:00
this makes me want to travel and see for myself :D
The Fez Model kinda fits the old town of my city Kano, Nigeria
I’m thinking about going into Urban Design and I want to learn more about Urban Design Principles and how each city is influenced by their culture and climate like you talked about with Fez and Boston. You seem to have more videos like this but where can I read and learn more?
What is the study of cities called in the way it was approached in this video?
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Whilst interesting, I would have loved a less USA centric approach since for example EU cities are vastly different. And the USA approach has been attempted in the UAE with quite mixed results to put it mildly.
How can it be that the zone of transition is mainly used for industrial stuff, but most of the factories, warehouses and mills are boarded up??? please I need answers
Moscow is a structurally very well organised city.
My city is designed around cars thanks to the decisions of a GM executive 80 years ago and racism thanks to decisions up to the present day. Shout out to my [insert any Murican city here]!
Chicago native here, can confirm, it's a mess. But it's _our_ mess, dammit.
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spiderman was spotted/seen
Living and breathing... *looks at my dead, empty Minecraft city and feels called out.*
If you live here in North America? In the most inefficient way possible so the auto and oil companies can get more of your money.
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Thank you for recognizing Bethlehem as part of Palestine..
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Commuting is still a luxury, in the sense that it's something few people can really afford, it's a burden that you'd have to be relatively rich, in the sense of having enough free time because you can work few enough hours because you're paid highly enough per hour, to actually *afford* it. But the alternatives have become *even more* burdensome, so people are forced into alternatives that they still can't afford, but have no choice but to pony up for anyway.
Look at it this way: people are more eager now to live closer to the city center, where poorer people traditionally live, because more people are poor. But there are *so many* people *so eager* to live there that the demand make that expensive -- more expensive than the alternatives traditionally reserved for the rich.