GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - Creative Destruction, Social Reproduction, Social Contract
5 Dec 2012
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Suburbanization: period of massive suburbanization, a solution, larger houses filled with more things, creates a lot of demand, cars, appliances, capital absorbing creating more demand, creative destruction: happens in the inner city, right beyond the. Fordist city is a city in transition a walking city transformed into a streetcar city (up until the 1960s) fordist city is dominated by the automobile, transition away from rails to he automobile. Street cars allowed us to extend the grid out of the city further, allowing for suburbia. How can governments provide an economy: 4 choices as per harvey. Stay in hotels, spend money at restaurants, entertainment: public city: universities, public sector, hospitals, research. Global city: not every city can have these: higher order consumer, world class sports team, opera , higher order producer services: services to corporate headquarters, finance, legal services, marketing, advertising, management consulting firms. Restaurants and cafes: second wave: the neighborhood gets a reputation.
