PPD 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dot-Com Bubble, New Urbanism
8 Sep 2016
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1970 nepa: oil crisis, stagflation , opec, oil shortage, rationing of oil, more of it was kept in the ground, gas was expensive. Anti-highway lobby, we can"t build our way out . 1980"s- falling gas prices, rapid growth: more efforts to manage growth, rapid growth particularly in california, increase in military, reagan initiated things, california flourished economically, 1990"s more growth: yet more efforts to manage growth. 2000"s- dotcom bubble, more growth, crash of 2008: more people started to downsize, costs of mortgages exceeded income, lots of companies weren"t doing well, relied on government hand outs. New urbanism: back to 1920s, higher densities, grid streets, small blocks, front porches, open space, example: seaside florida, shorter distances, walking environment, beautiful architecture, Role of infrastructure: provide services to residents and businesses, to serve new areas of growth, to shape land use, private response to public investment.
