MTRO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Laissez-Faire
4 Dec 2017
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Problems in cities in the late 1800s/early 1900s: the provisions of services, building roads, provided public water, bring electricity, police forces, political machines, rent increases with lower quality of life, racial contestation. Decentralization migration outward from central cities into suburban parts of the metropolitan region. 895 to 95: odd number it is a spur, even number is a loop, new communication technologies, the gi bill, main benefits, low-cost mortgages, low-interest business loans, education/tuition assistance. Industrial park low-rise manufacturing areas, usually in the suburbs or outskirts of cities. Some reasons for cities recovering in population in the last few decades: high tech industries move downtown, rejection of suburban lifestyle, large, cheap houses/buildings available, gas prices. Sprawl a pattern of urban development consisting of dispersed, low density development that consumes a large area of land. Sense of place the feelings and symbolism people have and attach to a place.
