GEOG 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Concentric Zone Model, Land Of Oz, Picturesque
17 Jan 2018
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>far from straight-line (slow growth population: other cities: focusing on agriculture and resources. Ii/ 3 models (internal structure of a city) Reflects cbm and gcm (presence of railway, zoning, layout) Garden city (with industrial use) and garden suburb (only residential use) Extensive urbanization: spreads out, large area (not already built envmt) Increase of reverse commuting: people living in the city and working. Levittown, ny (post-war: identical homes (17,000 similar, homes, lots of marketing/advertising + construction, mumford"s critics of lev, levittown now: successful model of pass pdtion pdtion of dull landscape (houses=similar) encourages social isolation (due to hyper-privatization) Conventional wisdom" class mobility (but segregation) sweat equity: customization-> homes were designed so that they could be changed by home owners (could add rooms, change layout) energy intensive landscape. 1 function for streets= for cars to increase efficiency (elimination of pedestrians: actually, le c was more concern with aesthetic.
