GEOG 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Urban Geography (Journal), Urban Ecology, Human Geography
19 Dec 2018
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The geographical study of urban spaces and urban ways of being . Urban ecology social and demographic composition of city districts and neighbourhoods issues such as culture conflict, neighbourhood change, local politics. Urbanism way of life, attitudes, values, and patterns of behaviour fostered by urban settings. Interdependent sets of urban settlements within a specified region. Automobile dependence a situation in which a city develops on the assumption that automobile use will predominate so that it is given priority in infrastructure and in the form of urban development . Three main characteristics automobile-oriented land use patterns which leads to. Poor non-automobile transportation choices thus resulting in. High levels of per capita automobile travel. Walking city era transit era automobile city era. 1890 toronto waterfront factories placed on waterfront, railroads run along waterfront, raw materials come in on boat, and when finished product is down leaves on boat.
