PLAN100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Urban Planning, New Urbanism
21 Dec 2016
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Urban transitions: the history and future of canadian urban development. This chapter discusses the evolution of cities, how they change over time. Urban locations are always changing, whether it be the foreground or background: ex. Modes of transportation: streetcars automobiles: ex. People: more or fewer pedestrians, new fashion styles. Background images, such as buildings, will appear more static (stationary): such changes happen slowly. Cities do not offer a clean canvas: always come with inheritance the weight of the past- limiting possible transformations. The endurance of the built environment is not, however, the sole source of urban inertia. The most fundamental and influential of the urban dynamics: the mutual relationship between transportation and land use. The economy: economic prosperity fuels urban growth, development models popular in periods of economic expansion come to dominate the urban environment, economic changes make sure urban environments can accommodate to these changes, governance: Demography: measured by urban growth or decline.
