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This lecture builds on chapter four by taking up where that discussion leaves off, with the subject of globalization and specifically how globalization is related to urban life.

1. From Peter F. Drucker's Post Capitalist Society (1993): The basic economic resource is no longer __________ or __________ but is now __________.

2. The center of the knowledge society is __________. Why?

Paris (Le Pont Neuf)

3. In Preparing for the Urban Future (edited by Michael A. Cohen, Blair A. Ruble, Joseph S. Tulchin and Allison M. Garland; 1996), the editors discuss five paths to the urban future in their introductory article. These paths highlight what the cities of today are like, and they offer insight into how tomorrow's cities will be different. What are the authors' key points? What are the main features of these divergent city types? How are these cities changing?

a. the postindustrial city

b. the new age boomtown

c. the postsocialist city

d. the partially marketized city

e. the marginalized city (Know the terms "infrastructure" and "sub-Saharan Africa.")

(The discussion below draws on Mohamed Halfani, "Marginality and Dynamism: Prospects for the Sub-Saharan African City." Pp. 83-107 in Cohen, et al., eds., Preparing for the Urban Future.)

By the year 2025 there will be _________ people in sub-Saharan Africa. What is the trend in investments there? Be familiar with basic features of housing and other dimensions of urban life in sub-Saharan Africa:

The urban variety around the world is striking, and globalization is changing all cities in every country.