civics & globalization. city and culture ethnic diversity in the united states and europe...
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CIVICS & GLOBALIZATION
City and Culture
• Ethnic diversity in the United States and Europe– Ethnic urban districts are reflected by their
names– Older, stable cities = long-established ethnic
neighborhoods– European cities same– Most immigrants gravitate to the cities– Asylum seeker
City and Culture
• Cities in the developing world– Represent different urban landscapes– Squatter settlements– How do cities handle the situations?
City and Culture
• Power and accommodation– Slums can have their own ethnic neighborhoods– Survival of immigrants in slum-ridden rings
• Remittances
– Informal economy– Globalization is a factor
Life in Urban America
• Many contradictions in US– Inner cities
• Have lost tax revenues• Unable to adequately fund schools, public housing, and social
services• Many people must live in overfilled rat infested apartment
houses
– Smaller cities have been spared some of the worst problems
– Some establishments and businesses have not moved to the suburbs
– Deglomeration• Moving away from CBDs
Life in Urban America
• Revitalizing the center– Gentrification– Commercialization– As the city core declines, its role and
relevance in America's urban culture is diminished
Life in Urban America
• The Suburban City– Converts land from rural to urban use– Affects many people– Reveals living patterns– Helps with models and layouts
• Do the suburbs need the city?– Suburbs almost synonymous with the modern
American city
The Canadian City
• Urban areas less dispersed
• Multiple-family dwellings
• Urban amenities not reached suburbs
• Wealth discrepancy less evident
• Not same problems as American cities—yet!
The European City
• Impact of the Industrial Revolution– Transformation of cities – Population similar to major North American
cities– Smaller manufacturing cities, but major
urban complexes– Durable primate cities– Past readily preserved– Wars have taken their toll
The European City
• Greenbelts– Cities more compact– European
governments sustain central city dominance
– Highway and beltway development lag
– London example…
Urbanization and Environment
• Our Urbanizing World
• Possible detrimental planetary impacts– Hazards of site– Loss of land from expansion– Changed land cover– Impact of pollution– Production of waste (in the developing world)– Larger demand for water– Changing consumption habits
CULTURAL CHANGE IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
The Changing Scopeof Cultural Interaction
• All cultures have been affected– No culture exists in isolation– Folk cultures– Popular culture – All cultures are dynamic– Today’s fast paced diffusion…
Impacts of theGlobalization of Culture
• Globalization– The influence of television– Economic and cultural globalization links
Impacts of theGlobalization of Culture
• Commodification– The process by which
something is given monetary value
Impacts of theGlobalization of Culture
• The evolving cultural landscape– Diffusion of architectural
forms and planning ideas– Idealized landscape images
Impacts of theGlobalization of Culture
• The changing meaning of “local”– Cultural convergence?– Cultural form & process has differential impact– NOT a mono-cultural world– Global-local continuum
Reactions toCultural Globalization
• Loss of local distinctiveness• Can represent a challenge to cultural forms and behaviors
with a high degree of symbolic importance• Accelerate human alteration of the environment
– “Minorities” often feel culture forced on on them
• Impacts of resistance– Widespread resistance– Limited impacts– Cultural & landscape hybridity
Discussion…
What events are tied to the link between globalization and culture?
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