GGR252H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Urban Land, Rogers Centre, New Urbanism
Document Summary
Impacts on urban economies, urban landscapes and the organization of retail. From industrial to post-industrial economies changes in the economic function of cities. Post industrial: substantial redction, transition into service space economy, kept within an urban environment, looking towards core of toronto transition has been substantial impact on employment and income, decline in industrial employment, increase in service employment. 1) increase in service employment: decrease in manufacturing employment lost substantial amount of middle income getting a gap of wealth in city. More poor people and more high income, less middle income looking at where people are living: both extremes. 2) income levels: middle income categories. Process of immigration: heading into urban areas south part of ontario, growth is related to urban areas outward draw, spreading out, associated with suburbanization. Urban population implications: important in terms of understanding retail economy. Employment distribution losing a lot of manufacturing employment being replaced by high levels of service employment.
