CITB01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: City Beautiful Movement, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, World'S Columbian Exposition
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Planning: developing an optimal strategy for future action to achieve a desired set of goals. For example, yorkdale mall was planned to be located at a rural area surrounded with highways for easy access by car. Since they expected the car to be the main source of transportation coming into the mall, the building itself is surrounded by parking lots. Urban system: a concept that views the city as a set of relations between the people, buildings, transportation, etc. For example, in canada over 80 percent of the population constitute towards canada"s urban system. Metropolitan dominance: canada"s urban growth is concentrated in five urban regions. City beautiful movement: originated from chicago"s world columbian exposition. This movement increased cities" awareness on urban design. For example, in canada instead of just building one building after another (city not being planned), planners are more conscience about the designs of the buildings and thought about the future vision of the city.
