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    M. Y. Hassan
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    the African City model is also called the De Blij Model after the geographer

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    the African City model is also called the De Blij Model after the geographer

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    191 vues2 pages

    African City Model

    Transféré par

    M. Y. Hassan
    the African City model is also called the De Blij Model after the geographer

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    12/26/13

    : African City Model FV

    AfricanCityModelFV
    By:SystemAdministratoron:Sat01ofMay,201021:24CDT(10887Reads)

    TheSubSaharan?AfricanCityModelisalsocalledtheDeBlijModelbecauseDeBlij,afamousgeographer, createdthis.ThetropicsofAfricaremainunderfortypercenturbanizedandoutsidethisarea,theremaining regionsareaboutfiftysevenpercenturban.Africahastheworldsfastestgrowingcities,andtheimpactthat EuropeanColonialismhashadisclearlyevident.TheEuropeanscreatedprominenturbancentersincluding portsalongthecoast.AfricaalsohascertaincitiesthatareneithertraditionalnorcolonialsuchasSouth AfricasmajorurbancentersthataremostlyWestern,withelementsofEuropeanandAmericanmodels, includinghighrisecentralbusinessdistrictsandsuburbs.Duetothediversityofitscities,itiscomplicatedto developanAfricanCityModel. Thecentralcityisfoundtohavethreecentralbusinessdistricts(CBDs):aremnantofthecolonialCBD,an informalandperiodicmarketzone,andatransitionalbusinesscenterwherecommercehappensfromthe curbsideorstorefronts.TheformercolonialCBDhasverticaldevelopment,thetraditionalbusinesscenteris usuallyazoneofsinglestorybuildingswithatouchoftraditionalarchitecture,andthemarketzoneisopen air,informal(economically),andyetimportant.Sectordevelopmentistheencirclingzoneofethnicand mixedneighborhoods,inwhichpeoplehavestrongethnicidentities.Miningandmanufacturingzonesare foundnexttosomepartsoftheseethnicneighborhoods.OntheoutermostpartofmanyAfricancities,there areinformalsatellitetownships,whicharesquattersettlements.Thesesquattersettlementsconsistofpoor neighborhoods,orshantytowns,inwhichpeoplemakehomeanywherethatispossibleoropen,nomatterif
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    : African City Model FV

    itispublicorprivate. Note: thisreflectsthenatureofAfrica'sdevelopment.OfthethreeCBDs,thecolonialreflectsthepast theminingandmanufacturingareasreflectthenatureofthetypesofjobsfoundinAfricancities thelackofanmentionedareasofelite,middleclassandgentrificationtellssomethingaswell thesmallcolonialCBDreflectsalackofdevelopmentsincethatistheareaoftheformaleconomyandTNCs (transnatinalcorps) theethnichoodsreflectthetribalismthatexists theinformalsatellitetownshipsmeansthepoorwhohavemovedinclosetothecity thelackofanyotherclassgettingmentionedreflectsthepovertyofthearea

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