URBS 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Redlining, Urban Design, New Urbanism
19 Oct 2016
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Suburb: areas on the periphery of cities, traditionally considered to contain a primarily. The origins and development of suburbs low-density residential development. (a place under the city) Industrial suburb: developments on the metropolitan periphery anchored by manufacturing or other industrial facilities, typically including worker housing as well. Edge city: joel gaurreau"s term for clusters of dense commercial and residential land use located at the urban periphery. Technoburb: robert fisherman"s term for areas on the urban periphery that have developed their own socioeconomic viability. Sprawl: the extensive growth and spread of people and institutions across metropolitan areas. Banlieues: suburban areas crowded with public or council housing. Bedroom community a residential area where people sleep but don"t typically work. Swedish programme provided over 1 million government-funded homes and apartments. Kenneth t. jackson: leading expert on us suburbs. Poor or powerless populations have been forced to live outside more economically and politically powerful cities.
