Week 11 - Urban Form/Governments Flashcards
1
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concentric zone model
A
Chicago school of sociologists
- urban/way of life
- principle of urban ecology
2
Q
Ernest Burgess
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- scientific approach to the city
- used 5 zones (CBD, transition zone, zone of working mens, residential zone, commuters zone)
Limitations: explicit use of physical science, assuming ethnic groups want to remain separate.
3
Q
Sector Model
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- Hoyt (1939)
- internal structure conditioned by distance and direction
- cities have mixture of land uses at center
4
Q
Multiple Nuclei Model
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- Harris and Ulman (1945)
- distance, direction and multiple centers
5
Q
Limitations of Classic models (4)
A
- all are +ve
- ignore human decision making
- legitimize capitalist status quo
- don’t consider social justice
6
Q
Postmodern Urban Theory
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Los Angeles Schol
- non-linear, chaotic
- local/global polarization
7
Q
dual cit
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marked social polarization
8
Q
gated community
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residential subdivision limiting access (usually gated)
9
Q
Governance
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the political process through which public investment in cities is managed
10
Q
3 key groups involved in urban politics
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- professional planners
- politicians
- city residents
11
Q
5 key governance challenges
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- local and other scales of government
- limited financial base
- outward growth conflicts
- social and economic fragmentation
- special interest groups
12
Q
Forms of Planned Cities(5)
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- City Beautiful
- modern industrial
- garden cities
- City of Towers
- New Urbanism
13
Q
City Beautiful (1)
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aesthetically pleasing cities - focus on street layouts, public buildings and open spaces
14
Q
Garden Cities (4)
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- rural/urban
- self sustaining
- 1 big city surrounded by smaller other self sustaining cities (connected)
15
Q
Cities of Towers (5)
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- vertical growth
- 60 story office buildings
- 10 story apartments
- <5% of ground covered
- high density living
