GEOG 2UI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Commuter Town, Bourgeoisie, Social Geography
18 Apr 2016
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There is a growing population of urban residents. This is partly due to transportation reasons. People mainly walked on foot to get from one place to another so, towns became very dense and overcrowded. The wealthiest people lived as close to the center of the city as possible. Very little separation of where you work and where you (similar to medieval times) Elite at core, surrounded by occupationally distinct but socially mixed quarters , and poor on fringe. This is because the wealthiest people did not want to be around the industrial activity so they moved farther from the core. Slowly there was a dominance of a private real estate market. An absence of regulations on urban growth. The core was the location of prestige but after the wealthy moved, so did the prestige location. Distinct separation of home and work (not. Corporations demand best (central) locations for factories, warehouses and offices.
