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Effects of Urbanization. Improvements in Technology. Need to keep up with demands for housing, water, sewers, schools, sanitation, and safety: Skyscrapers Safety elevator Heating systems Electricity Mass transit City zoning Public spaces Parks, Libraries, schools. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EFFECTS OF URBANIZATI
ON
IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY Need to keep up with demands for
housing, water, sewers, schools, sanitation, and safety:Skyscrapers
Safety elevatorHeating systems
ElectricityMass transit
City zoningPublic spaces
Parks, Libraries, schools
CITIES OFFER ADVANTAGES More jobs
Factory (blue-collar) and Service (white-collar)
0pportunities for women Cultural
experiences/Entertainment Community/friendship Variety, Promise, Glamour Higher standard of living than
rural areas (for most)
DIFFICULT TRANSITION FOR FARMERS Urban life very different than
rural life…Work on someone else’s schedule
Make cash moneyRide trolley carsPay rent to a landlordRegularly interact with strangers
HOUSING IN THE LATE 1800S:
TENEMENTS
TENEMENT LIVING
Poor had to live in walking distance of workCaused overcrowding
TenementsLow cost multi-family housingSeveral families in one apartmentUnhealthy and dangerous
URBAN PROBLEMS: ENTER CITY PLANNERS Sanitation
Solution: development of sanitation depts.
Spread of disease (through water)Solution: water filtration system;
chlorination Fires
Solution: Paid, Organized Fire Depts; invention of fire sprinklers
CrimeSolution: Paid, Organized, Uniformed
Police Depts; Electric street lights
WHO ARE THESE CITY PLANNERS?
WHO DO THEY REPORT TO?
Answer:city politicians
GROWTH OF POWERFUL POLITICAL MACHINES WHO “GET
THINGS DONE!”