how are cities created?
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HOW ARE CITIES CREATED?. Intro to Designing Your City. PEOPLE MOVE TO BE NEAR WATER. Having water nearby means: - health - wealth - food - jobs. Not having water means not having those things. RIVERS AND LAKES:. To be realistic, put a river or lake in your city. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
HOW ARE CITIES CREATED?
Intro to Designing Your City
PEOPLE MOVE TO BE NEAR WATER.
Having water nearby means: - health- wealth- food- jobs
Not having water means not having those things.
RIVERS AND LAKES:
To be realistic, put a river or lake in your city.
In most cities: Important places are up high, markets or government are in the middle.
Mendota Heights, our 1st tall settlement.
David A. Lanegran Ph.D. • July 2010 • Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education
Be sure to have a City Hall for government:
Also include parks. Why?
Example: Cannon Falls
The rivers were a “pull” factor for jobs.
Parks are a pull factor today.
Your map is the bird’s eye view of your city, a.k.a. “the grid.” Florence, Italy
Jobs created by river pulled people to Minneapolis.
River pulled people to St. Paul too.
Flour mills on the river created Minneapolis.
Today: Warehouses are apartments.
For a while, waterfronts were dominated by railroads.
The 1900 version of O’Hare in Chicago.
Daniel Burnham Plan for Chicago, published 1909:
Grant Park in Chicago, 1893:
Grant Park now:
The Future - Eco Bridge will extend Grant Park into the lake
Palm Islands inspired Chicago?
New York then and now:
New Hotel Construction Overlooking Mecca
Abraj-al-Bait Towers
Luxury Hotel and Residential Building
Tallest Hotel in the World
Towers over Mecca Economic, Cultural or
Political forces at work here?
Shanghai’s Next Tall Building
China’s Next Tall Building
Burj Khalifa
Tallest Building in world
Bird’s Eye View
Dubai 1990
Same street 2003
Dubai today
Ski Dubai in the Mall
Squatter cities
Most city dwellers live in squatter settlements.
Much to be proud of and much needed investment to maintain
How might tall buildings help? Hydroponic Skyscrapers
And alternative buildings
A tall building merges with its ecosystem.
Task 1: Make a map of your city