GGRA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Comprehensive Planning, Urban Renewal, Toronto Railway Company
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Lec 03: jan 19, 2016 20th ce planning and the transformation of urban environments. Key urban problems of 19th ce: water supply, wastewater disposal sewers, parks and green space, public transit. Municipal governments were central players in providing solutions in each case. All of these solutions relied primarily on public investment. Many solutions were proposed to solve problems of 19th ce cities. Civic reform, including stronger powers for municipal governments, was the most enduring approach in na and europe. Public investments were one key element of solutions. Municipal infrastructure including water supply, sewers, parks, libraries, public transit, better roads, were all priorities. Did solve a lot of environmental problems, but other problems were being created. One of the early goals of the emerging planning movement in the mid-19th ce was the creation of public parks and playgrounds. The goals were for green spaces that city inhabitants could walk to, recreation grounds, and to.
