Global Situation Change

Change in Situation

• Situation refers to the relative advantages or disadvantages a city has

• Any time there is a change in how people move, situations of cities change

• Can you think of any examples of this in the United States?

• What major changes have there been in transportation?

• How has that changed the situation of cities?

Pre-European Exploration Cities• Before the era of

exploration, what was it about the location of a city that would make it successful?

• Think about making money and the map to the right.

Another trade route map

The old walled city of Khiva, in western Uzbekistan, was once the capital of the kingdom of Khorezm, near the Aral Sea. It grew rich on the Silk Road trade carried across Central Asia's deserts. (Very beneficial situation)

Era of European Exploration

• What becomes the dominant mode of transportation of high value goods? (1500s-1800s)

• What kind of urban situation (location) now has the greatest advantage?

• On the next map, notice where the important cities are now located.

If you wanted your city to grow the most quickly, where should it go? How is this different than before European exploration?

The Second Urban Revolution

• Agriculture makes cities possible in first urban revolution

• Era of exploration makes cities along coasts more important

• Industrialization fuels continued urbanization in second industrial revolution

• A second agricultural revolution needed to take place as well – why?

• Value of city situation again changes – now being located by resources and new transportation lines is critical

• After the sail, what is the next major change in transportation technology?

• Now which cities (mid-late 1800s) will have the situational advantage? (check out the next map)

Urbanization throughout the world