The document discusses several topics related to urbanization including: 1. New York losing its title as the economic capital of America to other cities like those on the west coast as the information age has developed. 2. Large population and economic growth that has occurred over the past 25 years in countries like India and China. 3. Immigration patterns to the United States between 1870-1914, with many immigrants coming as prospectors or to find work. 4. Differences between city development and cultures in America compared to places like France, and challenges some American cities have faced in developing traditional city centers.

1. BY CHARLES SOMERS Urbanization

2. Clough article With the development of the information age, New York has lost it’s title as economic capital of America. AOL’s decision to buy Time Warner Entertainment has the potential to shift power from the west coast back to New York.

3. Kotkin articles Over the past 25 years, per capita income, based on purchasing power parity, grew by over 400% in India and a remarkable 1,500% in China.

4. Brown-gridded lives Billings Montana and kazakhstan the same place? The concept of land ownership and management determined shape of both As much as each other despise the other they are alike

5. Nugent-the great translantic migrations Between 1870 and 1914 U.S. takes 23 million immigrants Most of witch were prospectors of land Some to earn a wage Most through Ellis island open between 1892 and 1943

6. Rybczynski-The city in the land of the dollar Other countries such as France has beautiful cities America not traditional in cities No wonderful squares or centers Some have tried but failed like Chicago to many people wanting the all mighty dollar

7. The Urban Legend by Kotkin The human world is fast becoming an urban worl denser is better Not all Global Cities are created equal Even legitimate cultural meccas aren't insulated from economic turmoil

8. Urban Legend cont the size of a city roughly correlated with its wealth It turns out that the rise of the megacity is by no means inevitable a network of smaller cities in the Netherlands has helped create a smartly distributed national economy

9. Beyond city limits cities rather than states are becoming the islands of governance on which the future world order will be built. Neither 19th-century balance-of-power politics nor 20th-century power blocs are useful in understanding this new world.