SOCI 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Garden City Movement, Mortgage Insurance, Epidemiological Transition
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City council approves re-zoning major parts of vancouver to allow duplexes (more than one unit in one lot) Whenever there are changes, there are also changes to legalities. 1870-1930 reform the blighted industrial city/escape to suburb. Reform: essentially reforming the public health acts within the city (i. e. by-law street ordinance, such as widened, sunlit and airy streets to improve public health) Reactions: suburban developers often react against these city regulations, by favoring retaining trees and add cul-de-sacs (get the images from lecture slide) Narrower streets with larger, big trees (some are existing) Cul-de-sacs have narrow streets as well, keeps with the land contours (as an attempt to preserve the landscape that is not affected by the city, e. g. the hills and hillside) 1890-1895 first bicycle craze --> people began being really into riding bikes, especially within the middle class. 1900 automobile industry begins flourishing --> 1900 has 8000 cars, with 1920 rising to 8,000,000 cars (thus demanding improved roads)
