GGRA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ville Radieuse, Quality Of Life, Utopian Socialism
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Section 1: industrial urban crises and the response (lectures 1-4) Lecture 2: the industrial city and policy response. Had little power, reluctant to regulate private land dev. /raise tax. 4 main responses to 19th century urban crises; each contributed ideas to modernity: revolutionaries, utopian socialists, saw chance to change fundamental aspects of social organization e. g: robert owen, Built mill town with company housing, store, health/welfare, and schooling for workers: paternalists and charitable do-gooders, concerned with evils of urban lives, they built model towns. Definition: municipal infrastructure: large cities need sig. Slum landlords made high profit b/c high demand. Municipals were given ability to build housing on a large scale in 1909 england. Lecture 3: 20th century planning and the transformation of urban environments. Influences of 19th century problems on 20th century planning: municipal infrastructure: civic reform (including increased government power), public investment.
