SOCB44H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ecology, Spatial Planning, United States Census Bureau
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Lecture 8 reading notes: ecology of the city nov 12. Human ecology, park viewed as it as an orderly evolution of urban growth and development. Forces within the limits of urban community. Isolate and to describe the typical constellations of these forces produce. The evolutionary struggle for survival was evident in the everyday competition for scarce resources. Natural areas: business districts, ethnic neighborhoods, skid rows and rooming- housing area. Urban competition, not only economic, also about power. People compete for control of public areas. Also influenced by large- scale population movements. Immigrants with limited skills and education, took low- paying jobs, made next generation the poor groups. This shifting of population called invasion- succession. Park: competition and population movement shaped and reshaped cities. Burgess: economic competition was central to urban life. After emergence of the chicago school, the sector and multiple nuclei theories addressed the shortcomings of the park and burgess approach.
