SOC103H1 Lecture Notes - Definable Set, Edge City, Gentrification
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Topic 11 population & urbanization (ns chp 15) - industrial city: began in 19th century, reaches its peak in the 1920s and 30s; - corporate city: arose after wwii; dominates during the 1950s and 60s; - postmodern city: from 1970s up to present; - availability of investment capital: the canada bank act of 1871; - large numbers of factories along the great lakes; - zone 1 (most inner) cbd: big-money commercial enterprises; - zone 2 zone in transition: land for cbd to push outwards; also marginal businesses and cheap housing; - zone 3 zone of working-class homes; - zone 4 zone of better residences: middle class; - criticizes burgess in his one central growth ; - more than one concentration, but many concentrations of specific function; - e. g. los angeles city without a downtown; . - criticizes burgess in his concentric circle development; - cities grew in sectors or wedges along major transportation arteries;