People Flashcards
Ernest Burgess
Concentric zone model (with Robert Park). 1925 book “The City”
Peter calthorpe
Developed the concept of transit oriented development in “The next American metropolis”
Founder and first president of the Congress for new urbanism.
Andres Duany
Designer of Seaside FL and the traditional neighborhood zoning ordinance.
Joel Garreau
Wrote “Edge City: Life on the new frontier” popularizing the term Edge City
Jean Gottmann
French geographer who wrote Megalopolis describing Boston to DC as one metropolitan area.
Le Corbusier
The Radiant City
Super blocks and delineating uses
George Pullman
Designer of the Pullman railroad car. Created the town of Pullman south of Chicago. The town was built for factory workers and included many aspects of a real city. Didn’t work in long run due to town trying to make profit like a business.
Edward Ullman
American Geographer
Created the Multiple Nuclei Model where there are small nodes or economic activity outside the central business district.
William Whyte
Street life project- studying behavior of people in urban spaces.
Hippodamus
Ancient Greek urban planner
Known as the father of urban planning
Grid plan