SOC 470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Walkability, Landform, Urban Planning

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 470
• Professor: Cheryl Teelucksingh

Document Summary

Cities are often seen as inconsistent with notion of nature. Conversations about environment is in relation to our health. Cities have become the focal point for concerns about the environment because of : unrestricted economic growth ( ex. urban development and population growth) Macro: larger scale consumption of goods / services. Socialized into sorting our garbage and how we deal with our consumption. In terms of food packaging people are more drawn to packaged food. These activities drain resources that cities depend on not sustainable. Ex. high levels of waste / energy use. What were taking / what we"re putting into the environment. Air pollutants resulting from car emissions / toxic emissions. Urban development new condos are being built onto of old land lls. Toronto pays another city to take our garbage. Urban sprawl / too much suburban low density development. Walkability of certain areas of the city city #1.