PLAN100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: New Lanark, Germ Theory Of Disease, Smog
2 Jan 2017
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Traditional, organic approaches: (looks into the past, retro approach) Medieval city - disorder and no entity to make order. We do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)o(cid:448)e f(cid:396)o(cid:373) o(cid:374)e to the othe(cid:396) (cid:395)ui(cid:272)kl(cid:455) A lot of urban settlements were military cities. Comes together to have surplus agriculture production. Most cities were well organized, grid system. Enough qualities to be a successful city. Had everything: parks, recreation, facilities, well preserved. Little exchange between different parts of the city. Little agricultural surplus, little exchange between different parts of europe. Europe had not recovered from fall of roman empire and there were no big countries able to support big cities. People tried to live as high density as possible. No need for greenspace in medieval cities. Not far from nature at the time. Different looking building that fit very close together. Streets were straight and narrow, legacy of the roman period. Not a good place to drive in.
