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Urban Revolutions Of The United States Chapter 13 Summary

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In chapter 13, Short discusses the change that cities have seen over the years. Most cities have gone through three different urban revolutions. These revolutions have shaped cities into what they are today. Although cities themselves have a similar layouts, urban sprawl has developed differently in different parts of the world. The United States and parts of Latin America, for example, have very different definitions of urban sprawl. Before getting into that it is important to explain the revolutions leading up to modern day urban sprawl.
In the first urban revolution we find as cities develop, is the shift from hunting and gathering food to relying on agriculture for food. This is simply because a larger population requires a larger amount of food than can be gathered or hunted. This first urban revolution changed the pace of life for most people. Now that agriculture was the only way to get food, people had to put in more hours of labor, leaving them with less time to spend partaking in leisurely activities. Another key in the first urban revolution was the way that cities were set up. It was common for the wealthy people’s homes and religious sites to be found in the center of the city, while the poor were forced to live on the outskirts of the city. This is very similar to how many cities in Latin America are still set up …show more content…

Britain was the first to reach the second urban revolution, but the United States was quick to follow. The industrial revolution changed the way that people made their money. Factories were located inside of cities causing the population to rise. Factory workers no longer had to concern themselves with agriculture. Instead, they could make a decent living working in a factory. The second urban revolution was crucial, because it laid the foundation for better working conditions for factory workers, as well as awareness of the effect that factories have on the

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