GGR124H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Africville, Deindustrialization
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Exam information: east hall and university college, december 9 2-4. Africville: black community in halifax, ns, segregation, economics, government kicked the people out, government wouldn"t give them municipal services like water and then they said how dirty it was, put up nuissances like slaughterhouses and dumps around. Skytrain: vancouver public transit, securitization of urban space, armed bus drivers, urban securitization, first city in north america, raises questions about the effects of security. Inner suburbs: are becoming sites of racialized poverty, downtown gentrifies and poverty goes to the inner suburbs, trouble getting around; more revolved around the car. Restrictive covenants: used to protect land from particular users or uses, protect land from heavy industry and environmental destroyers, cities and towns used zoning to restrict black people from certain neighbourhoods. Boyle street/edmonton"s downtown east: revitalization project in edmonton, too many homeless people with not enough places to live, wanted to make affordable housing.
