SOSC 1733 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Urban Sprawl, Urban History, Mercantilism
29 Oct 2018
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Urban development in north america: era of urban development, urban development in toronto, short documentary. Immigration has transformed cities immensely, everybody has come from somewhere rural areas. Urban structure: no single model of urban structure exists for cities in north america, 2 general models, sprawl: a lot of people spread outwards from the city, grid (rectangular street grid) 5 main periods: colonial mercantilism (1700-1840, early industrial capitalism: 1840-1870. Immense investments in urban renewal projects to lure suurbanities back to the city. Investment to lure back the people who moved out: projects included works, highways, bridges, civic centers to make the city attracted once more, globalization and deindustrialization had profound impacts on cities in north america by the late 1960s. Canada every year in terms of immigration: before, the preferred country was u. k, now its canada where people move. Fordism impacted urban structure by entire cities based on factories a lot of people lived within the vicinity of factories.
