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Squatter settlement video http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ZJJy5W9LXLw
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Hong Kong
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Jakarta
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Latin American Cities 1. CBD Was the original colonial city
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Spine: high quality expansion of the CBD catering to the wealthy.
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2. An elite residential sector
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3. Zone of Maturity (middle class housing) Gradually improved, upgraded, self-built housing
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Sao Paulo
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4. In situ (in place) accretion (growth): Transition between slum and zone of maturity. Improvements in progress.
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5. Shanty or squatter neighborhoods
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The Favelas (Shanty Towns) on the Periphery of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Zone of In Situ Accretion
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City of God doc
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Different densities (Wales)
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FR: Compare and contrast the causes and size of urban migration in the MDCs versus LDCs.
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Contrast Size of migration: larger in LDCs
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Compare Cause: jobs Opportunities, wide range of services,
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Contrast Causes of migration (Why):
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Natural increase is high in LDCs
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rural migrants are pushed into cities out of desperation
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In the core people move to cities because of lifestyle
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European Cities: 1. Complex street patterns
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orthogonal. Relating to or composed of right angles
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Narrow, Twisty Streets Vienna, Austria
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Tallinn, Estonia: Medieval City Central Square Church Narrow Streets Remnants of Wall and Towers
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Prague: narrow, winding, cobblestoned streets
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1950’s grid layout
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2. Plaza and squares
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The Square or Plaza Roma MilanoMunchen
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Commerce today in the Original Square
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3. High population density
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High Density Residential Areas Beyond the Old Medieval Core Munich Amsterdam
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4. Low skylines London
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5. Lively downtowns
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6. Pedestrian areas
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Warsaw Poland: valuable space for parking
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7. Neighborhood stability (people don’t move very often)
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8. Public housing: Housing owned by the government rented to low-income households.
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In the larger cities of Britain, France, and Germany roughly 20-40% of all housing is public housing (on final)
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Beijing
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Chinese public housing
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Public housing in the United States has been administered by federal, state and local agencies to provide subsidized assistance for low- income and poor people. Increasingly provided in a variety of settings, public housing used to be one or more blocks of low-rise and/or high-rise housing operated by a government agency. They are often referred to as "the projects" Pruitt-Igoe public housing, St. Louis,Missouri. In the 1950s, this urban renewalproject was built; it failed and was razed in the 1970s.
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In the U.S., citizens typically pay 30 percent of their income if they are living in public housing
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Sixteen-story building, part of the infamous Robert Taylor Homes, Chicago, 1989. When completed in the 1960s, buildings like this were nicknamed "Congo Hiltons."
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LA Public Housing – Hacienda Village Jordan Downs In LA about 95,000 people live in subsidized houses or apartments
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Industry on the Perimeter: The German Ruhr
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FR Similarities between Europe and Latin America cities?
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Plazas and squares Rio
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Lively downtowns (shops, restaurants, cafes, and cultural facilities)
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Mexico City
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Milan, Italy Wealthy people still live in the inner rings of the high-class sector
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High population density Rio
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Differences? Latin American cities have Shanty towns/squatter settlements Public Housing in Europe Complex street patterns in Europe
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Sao Paulo video Why would a person choose to move to a squatter settlement knowing there aren’t going to be any services available and the sanitation conditions are going to be horrible?
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