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Multiplier effect in Urban Growth
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Urban growth may arise for a number of reasons but ONCE STARTED , it becomes SELF-REINFORCING due to a number of forces:
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2 PROCESSES OF URBAN CHANGE :
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1.THE GROWTH AND DECLINE/DECAY OR
2. CENTRALIZATION AND DECENTRALIZATION -The most obvious form is the GROWTH OF URBAN AREAS. Urban decay, RARELY effects whole towns and cities but is found in localized pockets. -Urban decay and growth are only one mode of urban change. -Urban change covers many changes which are happening today at a spatial scales, from global to local and occurring at a variety of different speeds. -Of all these changes, the most important are those occurring globally. -They are DIRECT OUTCOMES of urbanization. -Urban change is MORE COMPLEX and reflects dynamic nature of urban system. -For example , it depends on whether we are referring to population, economic activity or spatial extent. -Urban areas are often undergoing both processes at the same time or different areas of urban area may undergo growth and decline at different times. -For example, inner city areas in MEDC cities are declining as their fringes grow. -Some areas are declining in population but expanding in size as densities fall. -Change is the norm for urban areas as the BALANCE OF INPUTS AND OUTPUTS changes and there are internal readjustments within the urban area. |
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3 PROCESSES OF URBAN CHANGE
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1.THE RURAL - URBAN SHIFT
2.THE MEDC - LEDC SHIFT 3.THE SHIFT IN SIZE |