GG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Water Bottle
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Without cars, we would not have cities looking the way they do. What determines the internal structure of cities: what is internal structure o. Rich western neighbourhoods are able to take better care of themselves. People on eastern sides live in the cheaper neighbourhoods age quicker and thus die quicker, changes life expectancy outcomes. Looked at who lives there and why they live there. Found that immigrants live on the cheapest housing possible - usually very close to the city centre. Transportation corridors: higher income residences in preferred locations (hillsides, ravines, waterfront upwind etc o. People try to move away from obnoxious situations. Harris and ullman: multiple nuclei o o. Secondary nuclei develop further out: as the city grows, it becomes really bothersome to go - another downtown pops up - Driving aspect is cars: need the city to eventually break up into sub cities o. Streetcars created a starfish like development, car made people much more mobile.
