HIST 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Acid Rain, Smog, Middle Ages
7 Dec 2013
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In the 19th century the spaces in cities are going to change drastically. Cities are being built without any planning. There is garbage all over the streets and the rivers were extremely polluted. A big problem was how to get rid of human an animal waste and bring in fresh water. People through their waste on the streets and wait for it to decompose or be washed away from rain. There are dead horses all over the streets. Diseases spread across the cities and there are huge epidemics at various times. Officials in paris take a lead in renovating the city with waste deposal systems. Napoleon did this with baron haussmann, a city planner. Buildings from the middle ages are completely destroyed and rebuilt. Construct large boulevards in a geometric pattern. They give better access to train stations, connected to main arteritis. Doctors begin to study the city and examine why there are so many diseases spreading in the city.
