GEO 607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Richard Florida, Video Production, Land Values
25 Apr 2016
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For most of canada"s major metropolitan areas, strong employment growth in the suburbs does not imply a weak cbd, which are still strong and growing. Government institutions: zone of transition, normally find stores, museum"s, courts all the administrative functions. In the 1920"s many ethnic neighbourhoods were located here, such as: little italy, China town, greek town to name a few: during this time period many immigrants located here because the zone was affordable. Today, the gentrification of the downtown core makes it expensive for new immigrants to relocate to this area: zone of workers homes: This zone housed two things: factories and worker"s homes. The availability of transportation options (no cars, public transport) was minimal so workers located close to factories walking to work. The upper-class refused to live in this area because it was dirty (pollution) and noisy: residential zone, normally find a lot of the upper-class who could afford to live in this area.
