[SOSC 1731] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 27 pages long Study Guide!

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1731
• Professor: Lewis Code

Document Summary

City is enduring symbol of human culture: represented in human achievement; city is most complicated entity created. Mumford does not approve the automobile: feels as though it dominates the way city should be expressed. Western urbanization encompasses most of the world: ex; florence, italy is a result of big business decisions that created it the way it is. Waterways in florence were taken over by roman empire and resulted in settlement: history is written by the winners. British forces attacked and seized louisbourg in 1758 and this caused for. Quebec fell from french empire and landed in british hands. British hand no need for two entrepol so they let louisbourg die. Pudong, shanghai, china is an impressive city that has sprouted very quickly in the past three decades: rivalling centre is the bund, which exists across the river from pudong. The bund was commercial centre for old shanghai. Sosc 1732: city was created under a modern design: international style.