Lecture 1 - Fundamentals of Cities Flashcards
What are the Preconditions of Cities
Power, Ecology, Technology
What are the 7 properties fundamental to understanding the urban phenomenon?
Governance, Capitalization, Production, Proximity, Place, Reproduction
What is Production?
- Production attracts people to cities
- cities need to produce goods and services
What is Proximity?
- Cities are made of many overlapping markets of frequently repeated exchanges,
- labour market plays a predominant structuring role
What is Reproduction?
The different conditions needed for the availability of a labour force that fits the needs of the production sector of an urban area
What is Capitalization?
- Capitalization refers to all investments in the built environment of cities.
- Capitalization property of cities derives from its dense urban environment
What is Place?
Place is about feelings (positive or negative) associated with differentiations locales in the urban environment
What is Governance?
- Cities require interventions suited to their reality
- Specialized forms of administrations are needed to formulate and deliver interventions.
What is Resiliency?
The ability to absorb shock and bounce back the same or better
What are the 7 factors of change?
- Planning models
- Changes in the size of urban regions
- Technology
- Values
- Governance
- Economy
- Demography
What is the Garden City Theory planning model?
Cities surrounded by green spaces, 1898 contained residencies, Garden cities were a response to the industrial revolution
What was the response to Garden City?
Tower in the Park, idea was to have large towers, modern thinking
What is New Urbanism?
in the 1980’s cities were more concerned with street level access and green space. Density done right around 4 stories high, people don’t feel out of tough or isolated by living to high
What term did Jane Jacobs coin?
“Eyes on the street” meant people naturally looking out for each other, creating a social bond, safety
What did Jane Jacobs believe about cities?
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody
What was transportation like in cities before 1945?
cities were walking and cycling cities, railroad gave people another option for transportation and helped create one of the first suburban homes
What happened between 1945 - 1975?
Cars and highways were formed creating sprawling and suburbia, after WW2 Suburbs was the American dream
What is a possible New Urban Form?
Transit Oriented Development
What is the Jane Jacob’s model
Cities are about people, open spaces, streets not buildings
- PROMOTE GREEN AND PUBLIC SPACE
- INVEST IN LOCAL ECONOMIES
- IMPROVE URBAN CONNECTIVITY
- COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
- ENSURE SAFETY ON THE STREET
