CITB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Saskia Sassen, Kingsley Davis, Global City
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"global cities" or networks: friedmann - spatial organization of the new international division of labour. Structural/functional changes in the city is determined by its participation in the world economy. Jill grant - mixed/segregated use: week 6 - midterm exam, no content, week 7 - what is the relationship between urban culture, creativity, and social exclusion, creative class - florida, applicability of his theory in the city. What are the socio-economic benefits of creativity according to florida? (2) describe the limitations and criticism of his theory, particularly in the context of gentrification. In what ways did modernism ideas affect planning practice after world war ii? (2) describe the factors that contributed to a paradigm crisis and how this crisis contributed to a specifically marxian view of planning. What is the unresolved question that must be addressed in planning theory? (3) describe frederick law olmstead"s approach to city planning, as well as the movement he contributed to building.
