SOIM-UB 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Walter Christaller, Megacity, Jean Gottmann
19 Aug 2016
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The process of high income people going to low income places and kicking the people out. Usually areas where houses are worn down, looks very trashy. The high income people build houses in edgy areas because they want to cut down on their commute. Can be on national scale or state scale. Developed in the 1990s (other three developed in early 1900s outdated) A ring road is a road that surrounds the core of the city. The purpose is to take this road without going through the city. The core of the city major part is in the ring road. Adding/spreading to the metropolitan area (the city and surrounding areas) Designated areas not allowed to be touched by development (parks, nature trails) Sections of land that are designated natural areas- they cannot be built upon. Instead of building outwards they build upwards to save land. Where all big businesses take place in a city.
