Urban Planning and City Development: A Comprehensive Overview
What elements define a place as a city?
A city has a large number of inhabitants, its main economic activities are related to the secondary and services sector, it has tall buildings and people’s attitudes tend mainly towards speed and mobility.
What is a hamlet?
A hamlet is a small village.
Give some examples of dormitory towns in Spain.
Sample answer: Móstoles, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Guecho, Castilleja de la Cuesta, Badalona, etc.
What are the predominant functions in the following cities:
- New York:
Causes and Consequences of Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions
Causes of Agriculture Revolution
In the 18th century, in Europe there were some causes to succeed the agricultural revolution. These are the causes:
- In the farming system, farmers did not use many tools for work, because they didn’t have many low-quality materials.
- Everyone shared land and every year they left a different part free, the space that was left in the middle, was left free.
- As they had few opportunities for work and production only produced enough food for each family.
- The last one had very
Agrarian and Rural Spaces: Activities, Land Use, and Impact
Agrarian and rural spaces
The term agrarian space is only used to refer to land where agrarian activities are undertaken. It includes cultivated land, pastures, meadows, and woodland. Meanwhile, the term rural space refers to all non-urban areas. It also includes agrarian spaces and land where other activities are also carried out, some of which were, until recently, more typical of cities, such as leisure areas, shopping centers, housing estates, and factories.
Agrarian activities
Agriculture is concerned
Read MoreCauses and Consequences of World War I and the Industrial Revolution
The First World War (I). Causes. Contenders
Broke in Europe in 1914. It covered a large territorial extension and was known as the Great War.
Central powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire. Bulgaria joined later
Allies or Triple Entente
France, Russia, UK and Serbia. US joined amongst others.
The causes of the conflict
The root causes
Political conflicts:
Territorial reasons (France claimed Alsace-Lorraine from Germany) Nationalistic reasons (Austro-Hungarian and Turkish empires confronted in the
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The Concept of the Industrial Revolution
Industrial revolution may be understood as all the changes to goods production and consumption due to the incorporation of machines in industrial manufacturing. These transformations happened over a long period of time and by slow and constant processes, changing the previous economy and society. These took place in Great Britain around 1780.
The Agricultural Revolution and Its Consequences
It has its origin in Great Britain. The transformation consisted of
Read MoreIndustrial Revolution: Causes, Development, and Consequences
Industrial Revolution: Causes
increase in agricultural production due to changes in agriculture. Triennial rotation was substituted by the Norfolk four-course system. Livestock increased so the nutrition improved. Changes in land ownership: large English landowners pushed to turn common land into private property. End of catastrophic mortality. Population growth. Modernisation of transport. Growth of financial means. Abundance in coal and other raw materials. Wealthy through their economic activities.