GEOG 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Clarence Stein, Strip Mall, Allen Road
19 Oct 2016
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A sub-discipline of human geography that focuses on (pg. 342): the movement of people and goods, the transportation systems designed to facilitate such movement. Side walks, transit systems, road ways: the relationship of transportation to other facets of human geography, such as economic development, energy, land use, sprawl, environmental degradation, values and culture. How transportation related factors impact other aspects of our lives. The geographical study of urban spaces and urban ways of being. This week"s lecture materials primarily drawn from: chapter 12, sections 12. 1 and 12. 4. Three main characteristics: automobile-orientated land use patterns. Kingston 1860s: walked to work and to shop; bakery, butcher shop, etc, good pedestrian infrastructure to accommodate people who walked. Raised sidewalks, covered with awnings (shelter), entrances to stores were along the sidewalk: (cid:498)pedestrian world(cid:499) Toronto 1886: extent of urban growth limited by distance people could comfortable walk to work. Cities were not aesthetically pleasing, they were crowded, poor ventilation, poor living conditions overall.
