GGRB05H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: 1970S Energy Crisis, Neoliberalism, Urban Sprawl
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Chapter 10 (nature and environment in the city) Industrialization mean viewing nature not as untamed and wild, but rather as something that provided energy and resources for industrial growth or for social purposes like: construction of public parks/playgrounds/garden. Sustainable development: term used to define processes that balance energy inputs and outputs so that they can continue to operate (i. e be sustainable) means meeting the need so current generation w/o sacrificing the needs of future generations. Social and cultural landscape of an american city are transformed by natural disaster. Disaster"s vi(cid:272)ti(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d the pathetic respo(cid:374)se to the disaster (cid:271)(cid:455) the federal a(cid:374)d state governments. Visible landmarks of the city are high-rise buildings, bright lights, steel glass etc. These objects are far removed from what nature appears to be. Cities can only exist through their intimate interrelationships to a geography that extends far beyond city boundaries.
