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Minneapolis and St Paul
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Sprawl
2 major city governments, suburb governments and 2 county governments Epidemic of blue baby syndrome was traced to ground water Ian McHarg -Inferred that the water is polluted from north and killing babies in the south Created the Twin Cities Metro Council -Created in 1967 -16 districts -Members appointed by governor of state -Legislative Tasks --Authority over water, sewage and transportation --Given a share of property tax ---Of any increase, a percentage goes to council |
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Portland Metro
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Regional government
Ignores actual boundaries of existing governments Didn’t want individual governments to meet Drew odd boundaries Elected the members Provide services -Solid waste management -Transportation planning -Open space acquisition Designate urban growth boundary Oregon requires a Comprehensive plan that is fair for all residents and doesn’t keep people out Street cars downtown -Stretch to the outer boundaries of city |
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Ian McHarg
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Considered the pioneer of ecological planning
Degrees in la and city planning Came up with basic GIS system Main ideas: -Need to realize how ecology and biosphere is. -City and countryside =Been simplistically separate =Liked unity between man and nature like Native Americans =To work with environment you have to work with it in mind -Sea and survival =Man's creation emulates nature's functions, Dunes, dikes and concrete walls -The plight =Landscape has diminished from the countryside and from within the enlarging city =Eastern and western values of landscape vary -A step forward =Richmond Highway, NY =a green belt town didn’t want to have a highway through it -Cats and the Capsule =Man could use nature but had to have the right attitude, Unity: balanced with nature, Anthropocentric: doesn’t care |
