01:450:250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Central Place Theory, Edge City, Willingboro Township, New Jersey
1 Apr 2019
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Suburbanization is driven by the consumption preferences of the middle class: open space, good schools, access to nature," etc. Suburbanization is driven by the locational decisions made to maximize. Foundation argument about the causes and consequences of suburbanization. Before the invention of steam engines, suburbs were considered for the poorer classes and the workers, while those with wealth would live in the downtown areas. Locomotives, railroads, trolleys, and public transportation advancements changed this. Residential suburbanization began in roughly 1870(riverside il) accelerated after wwii. Close to: nature", open space, other wealthy people. Far away from: disease, crime, poor people. Close to: nature, low tax zones, middle-class workers. Far away from: expensive land, high taxes, organized labor. Tries to explain how and why places act as hubs of citizens, commerce, and industry and how it connects to the surrounding area. Optimization in industrial location, across isotropic places.
