PLAN261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Urban Growth Boundary, Federal Housing Administration, Gentrification
Document Summary
The fifth lecture of plan 261 focused on metropolitan region form and planning. The classic industrial city consisted of a core central business district surrounded by working class communities with middle class suburbs on the outskirts. Later on decentralization drew industry out of the core leaving a wasteland of empty factories and causing the need of new beltways connecting the suburbs to new mini central business districts. The post-industrial city has gentrified enclaves within the central core surrounded by the inner city. Diverse suburban communities are surrounded by industrial suburbs and gated communities on the outskirts. The urban form has been increasingly dispersed over a larger geographical area. Buffalo was given, with the same population as in 1950 but around twice the urban area. This increased sprawl is a result of the federal housing administration, loan programs, and low cost mortgages.
