GEOG 3205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Exclusionary Zoning, Economic Mobility, Deindustrialization
Document Summary
Textbook chapter 5 key points (9/20: value of land is determined by its physical attributes & function. Fishman: beyond suburbia: the rise of the technoburb: technoburb: work & residence contained within a single, decentralized environment, techno-city: metropolitan region transformed by the technoburb, pros: Primacy of private property and individual family in the suburbs. Sites of consumption form key central points in all formations: cons: In short, the great metropolis will dwindle to what we would today call a massive shopping mall, while the productive life of the society would take place in the decentralized urban region (p. 78) Short et al: the decline of the inner suburbs: the new suburban gothic in the us: suburbs are diverse, older, inner suburbs no longer attract development or new residents. Land use planning & exclusionary zoning created greater suburban differentiation. Deindustrialization leaves older suburbs with a small economic base: suburban gothic. Bleak, desolate landscapes of older inner suburbs (devalorized urban form)
