GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Soot, Industrial Revolution, Urban Land
27 Apr 2014
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Urban land use patterns: urban environment is changing always, systems of cities are never static, land use is always changing- ie waterfronts now all condos which is different from pervious years, variety of scales, individual households. Ie st. clair and bathurst/duffer in used to be the jewish area in the. Condos=massive buildings with little interaction between residence: occurs though market forces and or government planning, gov. decides where things will happen. Municipalities put out city plans to guide land use over time based on social, demographic change etc. Toronto"s current plan allows max 6 story buildings around arterial streets- try to increase density along these roads. More people=more demand for business=more money spent: theories/models help out understanding o. Help understand patterns of land use in urban areas. Analysis of town plan over periods of history to understand how. Landscapes divided in 3 elements: town plan (street layouts) most resistant to change.
