GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dalton Mcguinty, Creative Class, John Tory
6 May 2016
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Up until wwii most of population of toronto was concentrated in the inner city. Before that, it was used for farming, natural areas (for picnics, cottages) Post-wwii: expansion into areas we now call inner suburbs. Major cities were destroyed so people especially from europe had to move to either us or. Central planning document until early 2000s (until. Let"s preserve all the natural areas surrounding the city of toronto. Making sure the water in the area was clean :) We should preserve it for farming and food stuffs. Wanted to maintain the environment as much as possible. Now these areas have been built on. Farming has been removed due to the need for settlement. Water system still dirty immigrants department of transportation during those years (when. Dvcr was saying ooh let"s preserve everything) wanted to create a highway. If they knew expansion was happening why does another department do the exact opposite. Don valley was supposed to remain a forest.
