GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Industrial Revolution, Naming Rights, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
3 Jan 2017
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Urban planning & local planning issues page 449-455. Cities have a number of broad land uses (residential, industrial, commercial, institutional- universities, schools, libraries, transportation, public) Urban planning- the organization (plan) of land uses, transportation, and social services to improve the built, economic, and social environments of the community. Solving problems related to past and current developments; Aspiring to make development in the future; ways we can make future developments better. Who does the planning? the city/government; all municipalities have a planning department the private sector; the public; there has been a public input where the public can have a say if they like the development. What are they planning? what things do they plan? land uses: where should new infrastructure go? services, where should we have schools, hospitals? where should we take down schools? infrastructure transportation employment areas housing environment. What are urban planners trying to do: meet the needs of competing interests, make for a better city.
