GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Blackboard, Headache, World Urban Forum
5 Sep 2015
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Assignment 3: assignment 3 is due on thursday at 5 pm on blackboard or in class. Class discussion: what is a crisis: not having enough resources, needing to look for help from external resources, severe imbalance in a community with a short amount of time (i. e. inequality, political crises, natural disasters, biohazards. In 2005 vancouver"s skytrain police became the first armed transit force in north america. Vancouver"s sky train police: prompted by growing insecurity in transit system, police could carry semi-automatic weapons. Asthma, lung diseases: bru considers priorities differently, carmichael (skytrain rider) Urban security suit: fashion designer"s take on problem of security, but the gas-masks should be stylish! Idea that we seem to be so concerned with security that we should all wear gas-masks: the contestation of security, what does security mean, and to who, ex: a neighbourhood may be indicated as a protected neighbourhood with. Many cities became targets of air strikes: cities becoming targets of mass bombings.
