1. The Eastern European City
Eastern European & Russian cities were turned into microdistricts by communist planning
Old primate and historical cities were ignored
Huge dominant square & wide radiating avenues fronted by huge apartment complexes with factories, schools, shops & so on.
No need for CBD, mass commuting or suburbs
Budapest, Hungary Microdistricts

2. The Eastern European City
Large 7 to 11 story complexes were rapidly built of shoddy material with no decoration-ugly and depressing
Moscow’s growing pop. (11 m.) lives in microdistricts that radiate out from Red Square.
St. Petersburg was rebuilt in the ugly socialist style after heavy damage in World War II
Red Square in Kremlin during a May Day Parade in the 1970s when The Soviet Union still existed

3. Modeling the Cities of the Global Periphery and Semiperiphery
Latin American City
(Griffin-Ford model)
African City (de Blij model)
Southeast Asian City (McGee model)

4. Making Cities in the Global Periphery and Semiperiphery
sharp contrast between rich and poor
- Often lack zoning laws or enforcement of zoning laws

5. The Ibero-American City
Latin American cities are growing rapidly-1950= 41% urban, % urban
CBD dominates the center with 2 main divisions-traditional market and modern high rises
A commercial spine and axis of business is surrounded by elite residential housing
Griffin-Ford model

6. The Ibero-American City
The spine is an extension of the CBD with offices, shops, high class housing, restaurants, theaters, & parks
Zone of Maturity-Middle class housing 2nd best
Zone of In Situ Accretion-high pop. Density of modest housing
Periphery-Periferico-high density shanty towns of extreme poverty and no services (favelas)
Mexico City-Paseo de Reforma a major boulevard from the CBD
Favela of Rio de Janeiro on a hillside
Unlike America cities-the poverty areas are concentrated in squatter settlements on the outskirts of town-the poorest live the farthest from the CBD

7. The African City
African cities often have 3 CBDs=Colonial, Traditional and Periodic Market Zone
Sub-Saharan Africa is the least urbanized area of the world, but the most rapidly urbanizing
No large cities to match Cairo-Kinshasa, Nairobi, Harare, Dakar, Abidjan were established by Europeans
de Blij model

8. The African City
No large cities to match Cairo-Kinshasa, Nairobi, Harare, Dakar, Abidjan were established by Europeans
South African cities-Johannesburg, Cape Town & Durbin are western cities with elements of European and American models-high rise CBDs and sprawling suburbs
Nairobi, Kenya

9. The Southeast Asian City
SE Asia-rapid growth of population & cities % urban, 1990s-29% urban
Most growth in coastal cities like Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Old colonial port zone surrounds the commercial district
Unlike Western cities-no formal business zone, but separate clusters
McGee model

10. Ethnic Neighborhoods European City eg. Muslim neighborhoods in Paris
Cities of the Periphery and Semiperiphery
eg. Mumbai, India

11. Mumbai, India