CITB01H3 Chapter 1: CITB01 - Chapter 1
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Other cities struggle because they are in decline, ugly, abandoned, etc. We need to understand infrastructure for cities to run effectively. Communities shaped by natural processes and choices of the past and present. Late-19th to early-20th century settlements were connected by railways. Others who were not a part of this network struggled. Today, the government oversee and direct the requirements for infrastructure. In the past, military surveyors set the dimensions of roads, blocks, location of facilities. Infrastructure the physical and organizational structures needed for cities to function. Communities reflect choices (ancient, recent, individual, and corporate) They tell a history, nature of the buildings, economies, etc. They describe the changing tastes and popular trends. Canadian planning influenced by colonial past (great britain) Policies developed, mortgage programs (cmhc), town legislation. Widespread media of urban development shaped canadian thinking about urban planning. Americans were teaching urban planning in canadian universities. The british thought more about town planning (highly centralized)
