GEO
101 World Human Geography
Spring 2008
WWW
Resources: Urban Geographies
Geography
Matters!
Matters!
Good Urban Geography Sites, Good City Specific Sites, Santa Marta, Central Place Theory, Concentric Zone Model, Gentrification, Homelessness, Recitation: The Geography of Urbanization, Las Vegas and Public Space, Celebration, Florida, Disney, and New Urbanism, Activism and Citizenship, Recitation: The Geography of Fear, Geography of the Future
- Home page of the Urban Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers
- Radical Urban Theory: Writings on the Modern Urban Condition An excellent collection of essays by various authors on cities. Includes many by Mike Davis author of the recitation reading Urban Control
The Edge City News
What is an edge city? Where are they? What are their implications? Find
out here. An excellent site
Santa
Marta
You asked and so here's what I was able to find on the net about Santa
Marta. There's not too much out there in English.
- Down in the City An item from an 1997 NGO's newsletter that mentions Santa Marta and no it sounds like things have not changed all that much since the film was made.
- Michael Jackson apparently wanted to shoot a video there in 1996 to the chagrin of some of the neighborhood's residents according to the Oklahoma Daily. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page.)
- Here's an 1995 essay by Anne-Marie Gill on Recent Documentary Filmmaking in Brazil which mentions Santa Marta but also talks about the role of documentary filmmaking in struggles for political power.
- Potential for Retail Trades in Rural Communities This document has a nice explanation of threshold and range.
- Take a
fun filled trip to Wahoo, Nebraska.
You'll see that Wahoo has lots to offer in both low and high order goods!
In this modern era of globalization, Wahoo has been able to attract
the Home
Office of the Late Show with David Letterman. Wahoo is located in
Saunder's County.
In fact, surfing the web you'll find a history of Touhy,
a link to the Valparaiso
Public Library, and plenty more. That farmer in Malmo might have
been a Sweedish. Andrea has even written a history
of Saunders County.
Other Models
- Model of Latin American City Structure A diagram
- Lower Queen Anne Gentrification is in Full Swing by Mark Higgins of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter. A newspaper describing gentrification in a Seattle neighborhood. Be sure also to take a look at some of the related articles also by Higgins listed on the right side of the screen. "The economic realities of life on lower Queen Anne Hill have caught up with Pat Kaufman, a community-minded guy who wears a buzz cut, works at the Seattle Center and owns a bicycle instead of a car."
- The London Docklands a hyperlinked document that explores the redevelopment and gentrification of the the London Docklands.
- Inroads Into Harlem An investigation (apparently) by architecture students at the Carleton University School of Architecture. "Ours is a tricky prospect, for we wish to integrate our development with the community--this is a rebuilding and revitilisation project, not a raze-and-build-marble-tower operation. This project is for the community and the citizens who live in the area at large; it is an attempt to help them, not to displace them. Through careful studies and strategies, a 'new' urban core can be created, without expunging the qualities, the history and the culture of the old."
- A short history of SOHO in New York a neighborhood famous for its dramatic transformation.
- San Francisco's Castro District "Once a largely working class neighborhood The Castro has since grown to almost mythical proportions as a place where gay and lesbians can go to live and work in peace."
- The Gentrification of Leelanau County by Mark Smith. Describes a bit of a different type of gentrifciation than that we've talked about in class; rural gentrification. From the Beechnut Review the online literary magazine of Leland High School in Northern Michigan. "We have appropriated the tourists' view of our area as our own, not even minding what we may have lost in the bargain."
- The Boulder Shelter for the Homeless
- Homepage for the National Coalition for the Homeless
- Misplaced Priorities: Atlanta, the 96' Olympics and the Politics of Urban Removal from the Task Force for the Homeless in Atlanta. Definitely worth reading. "This study attempts to begin the research necessary in order to gain an understanding of the relationship of urban revitalization projects to homelessness and poverty, using a more detailed analysis of the effects of Olympic development on low-income and homeless people in Atlanta as a case study."
Recitation: The Geography of Urbanization
The Geography and History of Brazil by Matt Rosenberg from About.com's Geography web site.
- House of Cards Las Vegas:
Too many people in the wrong place, celebrating waste as a way of life.
by Mike Davis (author of your recitation reading The Geography of
Fear
- The Frontier Hotel Strike Page Homepage for the longest labor strike in U.S. history. It looks like the strike has finally ended after 6 years.
- Frontier loses labor board ruling: A federal panel finds that a Strip resort engaged in unfair practices in its dealings with employees. By Lisa Kim Bach from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. An accompanying photo of the Frontier Striker's relatively permanent "booth" on the public sidewalk along the strip.
- Editorial: Frontier strike end a relief from the Las Vegas Sun
- Venetian fighting union activity at Strip building site By Bill Gang from the Las Vegas Sun
- Venetian sidewalks, not canals, subject of tiff By Lisa Kim Bach from the Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Judge
quiets pickets: Union bullhorns to be toned down By Bill Gang from
the Las Vegas Sun
- Columnist Jeff German: Culinary cries foul on Metro tactics from the Las Vegas Sun
- Union to challenge leaflet citations By Lisa Kim Bach from the Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Unions
rally for strength on Strip More than 9,500 labor activists descend
on New York-New York to support a subcontractor's workers. By Lisa
Kim Bach from the Las Vegas Review-Journal
- A
photo of the above rally. Notice that the protesters are on the
street and not on the sidewalk in front of the hotel which I suspect
is privately controlled.
- Councilman tries to curb sidewalk solicitors By Mike Zapler from the Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Handbill
order restrained By Jeff Schweers from the Las Vegas Sun "Opponents
of Clark County's "Disneyization" said they've won a victory
for the rights of people to pass out adult-oriented handbills on the
Strip."
Celebration Florida, Disney, and New Urbanism
- Celebration: A super-modern Disney Town with an Old-time Feel. From Absolutely Florida Magazine. Describes and "celebrates" celebration. Lots of pictures.
- Institute for Disney Studies Contains some well done scholarly articles and critical writing on Disney. Includes some discussions of Celebration.
- Disney's Celebration Small Town America on the Edge of the Twenty-First Century A web site devoted to analysis of Celebration.
- Disney Development's Newest Project: Celebration, FL A Celebration "fan" page. You'll find some fascinating facts and photos here.
- Celebration puts Disney in reality's realm by Craig Wilson, USA Today
- A Mouse in the House: Disney wants to sell Americans the ultimate fantasy: a utopian community by John Rothchild from Time Magazine
- What Is Disney Celebrating? from Pro Builder Plus "In this ProBuilder Plus exclusive, two architects argue that in looking to the past for solutions, the Walt Disney Co. lost a great opportunity to advance community development into the 21st century.
- Hidden Kingdom Disney's Political Blueprint by Joshua Wolf Shenk from The American Prospect. An excellent article on private control and public space.
- Waltopia: The Real Epcot Describes Walt Disney's original vision for EPCOT which is being partially realized in Celebration.
- The Reedy Creek Improvement District Private government in action.
- Seaside, Florida Another new urbanism development similar to Celebration.
The revival of civic life: Can compassionate conservatives or communitarian liberals do it best? from US News by Wray Herbert; Dana Hawkins; Warren Cohen; Karen Schmidt; Christopher Evans
Recitation 14 The Geography of Fear
- Beyond Blade
Runner: Urban Control The Ecology of Fear by Mike Davis
(This is an on-line version of the article you need to read for this
recitation, however, it is missing the important maps which are key
to understanding the article.)
- -=*=- The Official BLADE
RUNNER On-Line Magazine -=*=-
- Provides a good visual overview of the movie for those of you who haven't seen it.
- Study Guide for Philip K. Dick: Blade Runner (1968)
- A Street Guide to Gang Identity
- "It is not easy to recognize the visual factors that lead to gang identity. One cannot identify a person as a gang member simply by an article of clothing or the color of a hat." An excellent site which demystifies some of the stereotypes about gang identity and emphasizes the importance of context.
- Swatcam Check out the latest in policing technology!
- Riots on the Hill News stories
- Global Neighborhood Watch by Neal Stephenson From the Wired Scenarios special issue. Outlines an interesting, yet perhaps problematic use of surveillance technology by common folk like you and me to deter crime. What do you think?
- The Communication Revolution and Older Metropolitan Areas by James C. Hughes
- Synthetic Pleasures
Companion website to the film
- City of Bits an online book by William J. Mitchell about the relationships between electronic communications and cities. This book was published simultaneously on paper and on the web.
- Shock Wave (Anti) Warrior Wired Interview with Alvin Toffler
- The Future?
You don't want to know. A provocative "article" by Bruce
Sterling from the Wired Scenarios special
issue.