More Notes on Urban Geography

Today we took more notes on Urban Geography, and here they are:
-During the mercantile era, the cities that thrived were embellished by wealthy merchant families, who built ornate mansions, patrionized the arts, participated in city governments, and supported the reconstruction of city centers.
THE SECOND URBAN REVOLUTION

-a large scale movement of people to cities to work in manufacturing. made possible by:
1. second agricultural revolution that improved food production and created a larger surplus.
2. industrialization, which encouraged growth of cities near industrial resources.
-during the second half of the 20th century...
     Nature of manufacturing changed and locations changed, too.  Many factories have been abandoned, creating "rust belts" out of once-thriving industrial districts.

and that's all the notes we took today.