Urban Geography

Urban geography is a branch of human geography concerned with all aspects of cities. Learn about city structure, city interaction, urban planning, and more in these articles.

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  • Hexagons connected into molecular like structures on a gray background
    An Overview of Christaller's Central Place Theory
  • A woman talks on her cell phone as a passenger jet flies over the Jari Mari slum before landing at Mumbai Airport in Mumbai, India. India has historically suffered from significant brain drain but brain gain might be in India's future.
    Why Does Brain Drain Occur?
  • Traffic in downtown Seoul at night.
    Seoul, South Korea Facts and History
  • New York's Manhattan Skyline
    Urban Geography
  • Winter day in Detroit
    The Geography of Detroit’s Decline
  • Welder working in steel manufacturing facility
    The Rust Belt
  • Towns vs. Cities
    The Difference Between a City and a Town
  • Tysons Corner, Virginia
    An Overview of the Edge City Theory
  • Von Thunen Statue
    Learn About the Von Thunen Model
  • Cover Crop Planting Over Soybean Stubble in Kent County
    The 5 Sectors of the Economy
  • Mexico - Business - American Manufacturing - Delphi Delco
    Maquiladoras: Mexican Factory Assembly Plants for the U.S. Market
  • Cn Tower and skyline in Toronto, Canada
    Comparing the City in the United States and Canada
  • Contrast between facades of an old, pre war residential building, and a new apartment complex in Berlin (Germany), district of Mitte.
    Overview of Gentrification
  • A street in Amsterdam
    New Urbanism
  • Canada, Quebec, Quebec City, Parliament Building, dusk, elevated view
    Québec City Facts
  • Money traffic
    Transportation Geography
  • Farmer kneeling in field harvesting organic squash
    Geography of Agriculture
  • Map of the 48 conterminous United States with the Interstate system marked.
    How WWII Created the Interstate Highways
  • Colonial-era building in a park setting
    The Importance of Historic Preservation
  • Farmer watching fields burning
    Slash and Burn Agriculture Explained
  • Horton Plaza, San Diego on a bright, sunny day.
    Basics of the Central Business District
  • Yakutat, Alaska
    Largest City in Area in the United States
  • Financial district of London
    Geographic and Historical Facts About London
  • Suburb of Los Angeles
    The History and Evolution of Suburbs
  • Pacific Rim and Economic Tigers
  • New York Telescope Over Hudson River
    What Are the Boroughs of New York City?
  • Vancouver, BC Skyline
    Geography of Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Mumbai skyline from Malabar Hill, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia
    The Largest Cities in India
  • harbor skyline aerial Boston Fan Pier
    America's Megalopolis
  • Swaminarayan Akshardham temple, the biggest Hindu temple in the world, New Delhi, India
    Geographic Facts About New Delhi, India
  • View of Levittown, New York
    A History of the Levittown Housing Developments
  • Tower Bridge and The Shard at sunset, London
    The Law of the Primate City
  • Reykjavik Iceland
    Geography of Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Moscow in the evening
    Geography of Moscow, Russia
  • Rio de Janeiro
    Learn About Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Cape Town
    Geography of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Erie Canal, Lockport, NY
    Erie Canal
  • Ruins of the Haiti National Palace, the Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
    Top 10 Facts About Port au Prince, Haiti
  • View of a Sochi from arboretum's oservatio...
    10 Facts About Sochi, Russia
  • New York City
    New York Metropolitan Area
  • Los Angeles cityscape
    Urban Heat Island
  • Sky Harbor Airport, one of the world's busiest airports.
    Busiest Airports
  • Shanghai, China
    Largest Cities in the World
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