Class Notes for GGRA03H3 at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)

Ggra03: lecture 7 - microbes - cites, micro-flora, and urban public health. Microbial traffic: refers to the movement of pathogens in populations as we

Ggra03: lecture 6 - food and the city. Eating is a biological, social, and spatial process. We are dependent not only on rural farms but also on the ur

Ggra03: lecture 1 & 2 - nature" and the city". Have a better understanding of how social, economic and ecological processes shape the environments of c

Ggra03: lecture 10 - utopias - environments in urbanism. Alternative urban spaces - community land trust. Utopias: are an imagined place or state of th

Ggra03: lecture 8 - data - social media, big data, and smart city" environments. Key term #1 & #2 - public and private spaces: Public spaces: tend to b

Ggra03: lecture 4 - cities in a world system, economic, colonial, and environmental. De-industrialization and stories of how the world is changing. Ind

Social change- rural to urban migration much larger city pop. How people relate to society, their land lord, etc. Increasing role of capitalism in stru

Ggra03: lecture 3 - urbanization in the 21st century. What factors can drive cities to grow (or shrink) What is information urbanization and why should

Ggra03: lecture 5 - cities in a world system. Megacities: are city regions with a population over 10 million. The number of megacities are growing rapi

Lec 12: march 29, 2016 sustainable ciies debates. Key concept 1: ciies are one key to a sustainable future. Probably most people wish that we could all

Section 1: industrial urban crises and the response (lectures 1-4) Lecture 2: the industrial city and policy response. Had little power, reluctant to r