Explain the evolution of uniform urban landscapes; the effects of common commercial activity, structures, styles of construction and infrastructure.
Homogenization: The process of people, products, and places becoming the same. (from Greenfieldgeography
Link: http://greenfieldgeography.wikispaces.com/Homogenization+of+landscapes)
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Cities are becoming increasingly populated and to satisfy the demands people, there are increasing number of commercial activities. With that, infrastructure around the world are becoming similar which results in uniform urban landscapes. Cities mostly consist of tall building occupied with headquarters of transnational corporations or other companies as shown in the picture above. Moreover, there are different modes of transportation and highways nearby; roads have soft surface and have more lanes compared to those in rural areas as transportation is play an important role in cities.
Dubai in 1990
Dubai in 2003
Dubai in 2007
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Common features that cities have include sports facilities, shopping malls, global brands, restaurants, tourist sites, entertainments, schools and houses. Pictures of Dubai taken in 1990, 2003 and 2007 shows the evolution of uniform urban landscapes which are basically how cities in other countries have came to be. As shown in the pictures above, there were only few buildings and land around were mostly empty with the presence of minor roads. However, as population increased Dubai became one of the fast growing cities which resulted Dubai to have those common features mentioned.