GGR111H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12-14: Structural Marxism, Wield, Sewage Treatment
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Use of physical science that derive from plant and animal ecology (competition, invasion, succession and dominance) However, the model also takes into consideration of the how the city is planned (ex. Rethinking the city: models are essentially positivist with roots in the neo-classical economics tradition. 3 important criticisms: tend to ignore human decision-making in favour of economic operator concept, they claim to be value-free but in effect they legitimize the capitalist status quo. 3 models are mainly economic and fail to recognize social, cultural and political variables. Under-consumption: if the workers are not paid enough to purchase the products they produce) In 20th century, chicago was an industrial city; many studied the area and assumed. Chicago is the norm but now the norm is considered to be los angeles: the switch from industrial chicago to post-industrial los angeles. 4: residential differentiation; more powerful classes have more resources that allow them to acquire the land they are choosing.
