URBAN AND RURAL GEOGRAPHY

USING THE LAND

• Not all recourses people need can be found in one place.
• How people have got those recourses from the land has affected
• earths geography.

HUNTING AND GATHERING

• Hunting and gathering was the main way of life in most of human history.
• Often they would move their camps from season to season.
• They search for plants and animals to survive.
• Today few such societies are left.
• They remain for environments that are to difficult to farm.

AGRICULTURE

• Agriculture began about 10,000 years ago.
• Agriculture appeared when they learned how to grow plants
• and tame animals.
• This was called domestication.

URBAN GEORGRAPHY

• Cities are the center of culture, trade, government, and ideas.
• It includes the study of cities locations, size, land use, and
• urban problems.

CITY GROUTH

• A number of factors have influenced the site and growth of cities.
• Location needs to be near key resources.
• Also need to be near transportation and trade routes.
• The worlds greatest cities grew up where two or three of these
• factors are present.

URBANIZATION TODAY

• The amount of people living in cites has dramatically grown
• in the last century
• Almost half of the worlds population lives in cities.
• In developed countries about 75% of people live in cities.
• But in the worlds rich countries urban growth has now slowed.

URBAN LAND USE

• Cities around the world function in the same way.
• Cities are home to businesses, government agencies, housing,
• industries, and religious and social groups.
• Most city centers are domonated by large stores, offices, and buildings
• Such an area is called a Central Business District.

URBAN PROBLEMS

• Most cities today face serious social, housing, transportation, or
• environmental problems.
• One key problem is poverty.
• Air, water, and land pollution are also urban problems.
• Problems are made worse when cities concentrate people into small areas.

RURAL GEOGRAPHY

• Rural landscapes are found outside of cities.
• Agriculture is key in rural areas.
• However poeple who live there work in forestry, mining, and recreation.
• Rural areas have land set aside in national parks and wildlife preserves.