Topic 6.1: Origin of Cities

Site, Situation, and Drivers of Urbanization (PSO-6.A)

1. The Founder's Dilemma (Site vs. Situation)

Choose a location to build your city. Hover for details, click to select.

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TRADE ROUTE Site A Site B Site C
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Select a site to analyze.

2. Transport Shapes the City

How technology changed urban form (Borchert's Epochs).

Era 1: Dense, walkable, circular port city.

3. The Urbanization Engine (Push/Pull)

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Rural
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Urban

Push: Farm Mechanization

Machines replace labor. Farmers lose jobs.

Pull: Industrialization

Factories need workers. Wages are higher.