Intro To The City

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How many North American's live in the city

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3 to 4

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________ is a good source of entertainment, sports, films, concerts

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cities

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___________ shaped our economy and redefined urban life- brought more people to cities

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industrial revolution

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In the ___ and __ exodus of middle class businesses and industries brought decentralization and sometimes urban fiscal crisis

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1950s and 60s

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In ________ economic restructuring of cities brought us into a global economy

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1980 ands 90s

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Semi-periphery

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lesser developed nations

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Periphery

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least developed nations
3rd world

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Cities serve as important roads to link

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investment capital, human capital, industrial capital and commercial captial

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Cities are controlled by four principles

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decision-makiers control resources
conflicts over distributions of resources
Government play key role in affecting patterns and urban development
Influences of corporate

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Urban life varies according to

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time and place

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Offer the promise of a better life could, but could become worst

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cities

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In cities exists what is great and what is bad about the United States

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Education
Political freedom
Artistic vitality

Poverty
Racial Prejudice
Crime

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_______ who wrote Fuckey Towns

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Cramer

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Funky towns:

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unconventional
bizarre
electic
simply alternative
Not "average"
do use characteristics that resist homogenization
Do look at certain characteristics and assign poin values to them

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Sustainable Communties

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value and respect culture difference
are livable communities
have a strong sense of place and civic pride

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Measures of "fuckyness" taht touch on sustainable

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cross cultural
independent politics
freeodm in the bedroom
pedestrian friendly
public hangouts
mixed-use zoning

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City planning: Moenjo-Daro

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The Indus River Vally
Grid
individual houses
largest in Indus River Valley

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Archimedes Screw

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simple mechanical device invented 3DC
cylinder inside of which a continuous screw, extends length of the cylinder and forms a spiral chamber

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Mexican cities

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ave of the dead

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Mind Dynasty, peking- the forbidden city

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walls and moted. sides of a compass

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Model of Acropolis

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patherion rises above all other buildings

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French influence: wide blds, lined with trees and shosp

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Renaissance

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Why do we plan cities?

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solve urban problems, glorify those in power, glorification of cultural values- religion, capitalism, communism

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Industrial revolution planners

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Ebenezer Howard, Patrick Geddes, Marrx, Weber, etc

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The Beautiful city movement (world fair in chicago)

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Daniel Burnham
"white city"

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New Towns movement

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Mark 1
Mark 2

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Ebenezer Howard created the

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garden city of tomorrow--circle, easy transportation

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Patrick Geddes was part of the

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compelx planning process

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New towns in the USA phase 1

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Greenbelt, MD
Greendale, WI
GreenHills, OH

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New towns in the USA phase 2

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Johnathan, MN
Radburn, NJ
Reston, Va
Columbia, MD
Irvine, CA

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Utopia Unlimited Architechtural vision of
Corbusier

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cities with massive blds surround by huge open spaces and equal densisties throughout

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Utopia Unlimited Architectural vision of
Write

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cities agricultural areas among urban dewelling and low density

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Utopia Unlimited Architectural vision of
Soleria

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cities of a few city blocks reasching 1/3 mile into sky with 1/2 million in each high rise structure

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Jane Jacobs argued for

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social interaction

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August Heckscner argues

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that squares provide natural central mtg and contibute to viatlity

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Goldberger views

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parks which provide county like feeling

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Wright and whyte argue that

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architecture and urban spaces are an importance source of city's flavor and excitement

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_____- built

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faneuil Hall, South Street, Inner Harbor

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Problems with urban renewal

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federal money used to clear inner cities of their older public housing and business builidngs
the result destruction of many historical buildings that give a community its character; ineffective to reviatlize cities

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Decentralizations

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people moving out of the core of cities into the surround regions
result- businesses, retailers and campus like light industry follow a loss of services and tax base for the cities

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Adaptive reuse

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a way cities can revitalize their older building without destroying them

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Local planning does _ take place in a vacuum

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NOT

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______-- is the product of their society so utopian visitions are unpopular

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everyone

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Canada had Alexandra Park this was a

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modern planning approach

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Future planning must merge two forces

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planners desire to shape the future,
society's freedom of choose

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Best planning practices blend _____ with _____...

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good sociology with dramatic