GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tim Hortons, Social Sustainability, Exhibition Place
30 Sep 2017
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Week 1 monday, september 11 bloor and young - northern portion of toronto, south, east, and west also apply. Importance of urban environment filion and bunting: 3 themes, sustainability - expected to last, something unsustainable won"t last in the future. If a city is not sustainable from an environmental perspective means it won"t last for too long. (ex. flint) it is important for a city to be environmentally sustainable. Air pollution is also a bad sign for a city, this will compromise the health of the population. Social sustainability is also crucial where people need to threat each other respectfully: unevenness - situation that is unequal (no equality). 3 top cities are toronto, vancouver, montreal: uncertainty - people in cities experience way more uncertainty than in the past. Late 1970s, the dominant factor was producing goods. Economic jobs are decent jobs in the late 1970s. Six properties to understand the city: production - most important property of the city.
