GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Urban Sprawl, Urban Planning, Emergency Management
13 Apr 2016
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Cuyago river, cleveland toxic waste from industries in river river would often catch on fire. City is considered something that destroys nature. Dubai is a good example of production of nature . Production of nature challenges the idea that nature and society are two different entities. Cities of colour were less protected than other communities. Any city that has emergency management put it is often a majority african american city. } speaks to environmental and racial issues in city: the city as an environmental problem, urban nature and the sustainable global city, exam preview. What makes natural" processes different from human / social" processes: is the city. The city is an entirely human construct; there is nothing natural" about it- it exists in opposition to nature and at the expense of it. (hanna, 353) Since the industrial revolution, at least, urban dwellers have tended to see nature as being external to the city. (hanna, 353)
