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Question 1

7 properties fundamental to understanding the urban phenomenon:

Answer 1

PRODUCTION

PROXIMITY

REPRODUCTION

CAPITALIZATION

PLACE

GOVERNANCE

ENVIRONMENT

Question 2

Preconditions of cities

Answer 2

Ecology

Power

Technology

Question 3

Production

Answer 3

Attracts people to cities

Cities need to produce goods or services

Cities were built around production, trade and an economy

Question 4

Proximity

Answer 4

Cities are made of numerous overlapping markets of frequently repeated exchanges

Labour market plays a predominant structuring role

Without proximity, travel + time cost would rule out many exchanges

Question 5

Reproduction

Answer 5

The different conditions needed for the availability of a labour force that is well suited to the needs of the production sector of an urban area.

Everything in cities needs to be reproduced on a consistent basis.

Immigration

Question 6

Capatilization

Answer 6

Refers to all investments in the built environment of cities

Has taken on two forms:

1. Suburban development
2. Inner city intensification

Question 7

Place

Answer 7

Place is about feelings (positive or negative) associated with different locales in the urban evnironment

Question 8

Governance

Answer 8

Cities require interventions suited to their reality

Specialized forms of administrations are needed to formulate and
deliver interventions

Governments should protect us and our collective interests

Question 9

Environment

Answer 9

Historically, cities had to respect their environments to survive. Today, cities can draw resources from every -longer distances

Question 10

Urban Resiliency

Answer 10

A system’s ability to absorb disturbance and reorganize to retain original basic function and structure.

Question 11

Sustainability

Answer 11

Meeting the needs of today’s populations without compromising the needs of future generations.

Question 12

7 FACTORS OF CHANGE

Answer 12

ECONOMY

DEMOGRAPHY

TECHNOLOGY

VALUES

GOVERNANCE

PLANNING MODELS

CHANGES IN THE SIZE OF URBAN REGIONS

Question 13

Garden City

Answer 13

• Implemented in 1898
• contained proportional areas of residencies
• was a response to the industrial city

Question 14

Tower in the Park

Answer 14

• Implemented in the 1920’s
• Designed by french architect
• Separated out buildings, towers
• On paper looks ok, but street level not ok.
• antithesis of the garden city

Question 15

New Urbanism

Answer 15

• late 1980’s
• Structuring cities with concern for street level access, greenery
• Density done right
• Spaces for informal interaction and capital formation

(Think Jane Jacobs)

Question 16

Jane Jacobs quote

Answer 16

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because and only when, they are created by everybody.

Question 17

Canadian Urban Transformation (1945-1975)

Answer 17

Urban dispersion to the max

Model T ford car altered the way cities were built

Suburbia after WWII and consequent baby boom (3.4 fertility rate)

Question 18

Canadian Urban Transformation (Post 1975)

Answer 18

There was a dissatisfaction with modern urban expansion

• identified need for better density
• building new infrastructure on top of old infrastructure

Question 19

Cambie corridoor plans

Answer 19

Plan to rezone and redevelop over the next 30 years. Adding public spaces, more amenities and community facilities.

Question 20

Money planned to be put into the cambie corridoor plans

Answer 20

$450 million over the next 10 years