GEOG 340: Day 6Chapter 4

Housekeeping Items

• Reminder that I will be away next week. Think I asked for a volunteer to help stage manage in my absence. Will talk to that person after class.

• I have in place of class on Tuesday an exercise for you to do on your own time, which I will hand out, for Thursday I hope to have a local developer come in. Failing that, you will see a film about the redevelopment of Shanghai or ‘Requiem for Detroit?’ – your choice.

• Today, I will talk about a few points in Chapter 4, make time for Ashley, and then offer you a couple of video selections, in addition to a short one. The focus for next week is Chapter 8.

Chapter 4 (cont’d)

Key Points:• During the period from 1945 on, and especially after 1970,

we see the emergence of the multi-nucleated city or urban region as opposed one dominated by the CBD. Can you think of examples.

• With “white flight” in the U.S. and deindustrialization, many city regions were likened to “donut holes”. Central city abandonment was never as pronounced in Canada.

• Pp. 96-99 describe some of the important demographic and social changes that affected cities from the ‘60s on.

• The oil price shock of the mid-70s, along with growing economic competition from newly industrializing countries (NICs).

Chapter 4 (cont’d)

• Globalization and de-industrialization caused a re-sorting the cities’ roles and status. Some cities strengthened their as or became global cities.

• As the economy in developed countries became more oriented around the service and knowledge sectors, central cities (especially in Canada) became gentrified to accommodate professionals and rich immigrants.

• More attention was paid to urban and environmental amenities.• Cities, such as Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal became incredibly

multicultural. Traditional immigrant groups – from Europe – gave way to Asians and Latin Americans.

• After 1970, for a variety of reasons, developed economies began dealing with recession and stagflation and declining real incomes.

• Edge cities became prominent, and many suburban areas – in the U.S. especially – suffered collapse because of the mortgage crisis.

• Cities increasingly began to compete with each other for mega-businesses and megaprojects.