The document summarizes the history of urban expansion in three phases. The first phase began thousands of years ago with the early river valley civilizations that grew into settlements. The second phase was much later during the industrial revolution in Europe in the mid-1800s. Factories needed large labor forces and trade created opportunities in cities. The third phase began after World War II, with most growth concentrated in Asia, Latin America, and Africa as the global economy became more international and large cities grew rapidly.
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The document summarizes the history of urban expansion in three phases. The first phase began thousands of years ago with the early river valley civilizations that grew into settlements. The second phase was much later during the industrial revolution in Europe in the mid-1800s. Factories needed large labor forces and trade created opportunities in cities. The third phase began after World War II, with most growth concentrated in Asia, Latin America, and Africa as the global economy became more international and large cities grew rapidly.
The document summarizes the history of urban expansion in three phases. The first phase began thousands of years ago with the early river valley civilizations that grew into settlements. The second phase was much later during the industrial revolution in Europe in the mid-1800s. Factories needed large labor forces and trade created opportunities in cities. The third phase began after World War II, with most growth concentrated in Asia, Latin America, and Africa as the global economy became more international and large cities grew rapidly.
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The document summarizes the history of urban expansion in three phases. The first phase began thousands of years ago with the early river valley civilizations that grew into settlements. The second phase was much later during the industrial revolution in Europe in the mid-1800s. Factories needed large labor forces and trade created opportunities in cities. The third phase began after World War II, with most growth concentrated in Asia, Latin America, and Africa as the global economy became more international and large cities grew rapidly.
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A Brief History of Urban Expansion
With their industries, traffic jams and sleek buildings, cities are often seen as new develo ments in history. !n fact, the origin of cities goes back thousands of years and asses through at least three distinct hases. The first phase began between " to # thousand years ago with settlements that grew into what we call the river valley civili$ations of %eso otamia & resent'day !ra(), *gy t, !ndia and China. *arly on, the settlements de ended largely on agriculture and domesticated animals. +owever, as the civili$ations grew in si$e and trade routes grew in number, these settlemetns became centers for merchants, crafts eo le, traders and government officials. The division between ,town, and ,country,, ,urban, and ,rural, had begun. - similar ath was taken by later civili$ations such as the .reek, !ranian, /oman and the .reat 0imbabwe. The second phase in the develo ment of cities came much later with the industrial revolution in *uro e around the middle of the 12th century. 3actories needed a large labour force and a rise in commercial activity created new o for em loyment and a better life, numbers than ever before. The third phase began after the 5econd World War. The largest and fastest growth in the world6s urban o ulation has taken lace in the decades since 17"8. -s the world economy became more international and grew in si$e, cities all over the world began to grow larger at a very fast ace. %ost of this growth has been concentrated in -sia, 4atin -merica and -frica, although some 9.5. cities such as :hoenix and 4os -ngeles have been growing at the same ace. -da ted from: United nations cyberschoolbus &;88#). - <rief +istory of 9rban *x ansion. /ecovered on =uly 1;th ;88#, htt :>>www8.un.org>cyberschoolbus>habitat>units>un8; g81.as
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ciudades a menudo se consideran como los nuevos acontecimientos en la historia. De hecho, el origen de las ciudades se remonta miles de aos y pasa a travs de al menos tres fases distintas. a primera fase comen! entre los " a # mil aos con los asentamientos $ue se convirti en lo $ue llamamos el valle del r%o civili!aciones de &esopotamia 'actual (ra)*, +gipto, (ndia y China. ,l principio, los asentamientos depende en gran medida de la agricultura y los animales domsticos. -in embargo, como las civili!aciones crecieron en tamao y las rutas comerciales crecieron en n.mero, se convirti en settlemetns estos centros para los comerciantes, artesanos, comerciantes y funcionarios gubernamentales. a divisin entre /pueblo/ y /pa%s/, /urbano/ y /rural/ ha comen!ado. Un camino similar fue adoptado ms tarde por civili!aciones como la griega, iran%, romanos y la 0ran 1imbab2e. a segunda fase en el desarrollo de las ciudades lleg mucho ms tarde con la revolucin industrial en +uropa a mediados del siglo 34. as fbricas necesitan una gran fuer!a de traba5o y un aumento de la actividad comercial creado nuevas oportunidades en las ciudades. 67uscas empleo y una vida me5or, las personas se trasladaron de las !onas rurales en las ciudades en mayor n.mero $ue nunca antes. a tercera fase comen! tras la -egunda 0uerra &undial. +l ms grande y de ms rpido crecimiento en la poblacin urbana mundial ha tenido lugar en los decenios transcurridos desde 38"9. , medida $ue la econom%a mundial se hi!o ms internacional y creci en tamao, las ciudades de todo el mundo comen!aron a aumentar de tamao a un ritmo muy rpido. a mayor parte de este crecimiento se ha concentrado en ,sia, ,mrica atina y :frica, aun$ue algunas ciudades de ++.UU. como ;hoenix y os ,ngeles han crecido al mismo ritmo. a* ,l principio, los asentamientos dependen en gran medida de la agricultura y los animales domsticos. Comen! entre los " a # mil aos con los asentamientos $ue se convirti en lo $ue llamamos el valle del r%o civili!aciones de &esopotamia 'actual (ra)*, +gipto, (ndia y China. b* a revolucin industrial en +uropa a mediados del siglo 34. as fbricas necesitan una gran fuer!a de traba5o y un aumento de la actividad comercial creando nuevas oportunidades en las ciudades.
c* Comen! tras la -egunda 0uerra &undial. +l ms grande y de ms rpido crecimiento en la poblacin urbana mundial ha tenido lugar en los decenios transcurridos desde 38"9. d* apso, poca, periodo, ciclo.
e* +s un fenmeno mundial creado a medida $ue la econom%a se hi!o internacional y creci de tamao
