SSCI 165Lgw Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Edge City, Spatial Planning, Urban Renewal
Document Summary
Definition of new regionalism: return to focus on equity i(cid:374) 3 e"s, reduce disparities in income/employment, tax bases, public services across metropolitan region. Reaction to problems of postmodern cities, focused in mid 1990s. Definition of region or urban region: spatially difficult to define (like neighborhood, conflicting definitions. Cultural (cid:396)egio(cid:374)s (cid:894)also a (cid:862)(cid:374)e(cid:449)(cid:863) (cid:396)egio(cid:374)alis(cid:373) i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)93(cid:1004)s(cid:895) Precise definition of metropolitan area can vary depending on spatial analysis. Problems of postmodern cities: postmodern cities have (cid:862)hollowed out(cid:863) the urban core; auto-dependent; development like (cid:862)(cid:272)he(cid:272)ke(cid:396)(cid:271)oa(cid:396)d(cid:863) with (cid:373)a(cid:396)ked i(cid:374)e(cid:395)uities in neighboring communities. Fortress cities/privatopias (gated communities: e. g. deterioration of detroit. Historical antecedents of new regionalism: concept predates automobile, solution to healthy cities was to get people out of way of industry, fo(cid:396)e(cid:396)u(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:396) of today"s new urbanism plans. T(cid:396)a(cid:374)sfo(cid:396)(cid:373) the (cid:396)egio(cid:374)s as (cid:449)e"(cid:448)e i(cid:374)he(cid:396)ited the(cid:373) Why is equity crucial to sustainability: social equity brings more econ opportunities to regions.
