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![Eminent Domain
• The power of the state to take appropriate
property for a public use (i.e. revitalize)
• Basis: Fifth Amendment, U.S. Constitution
• Commonly called a taking, a condemnation, or
exapropriation
• Just compensation = fair market value
“…[no person] shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken
for public use, without just compensation.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/lecture-150504144831-conversion-gate02/85/LACC-Urban-Geography-Lecture-38-320.jpg)
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LACC Urban Geography Lecture
This document discusses the history of urban planning from ancient Rome to modern times, covering topics like the industrial revolution, urbanization, suburbanization, and new urbanism. It examines the factors that drove urban growth and changes in settlement patterns over time, as well as the social, economic, and environmental impacts of planning decisions. The rise and decline of cities in relation to transportation innovations and policies is a major theme throughout.
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- 2. Going way back… 8th c. BC “planning” in the Roman Empire: 2 Pompeii (from wikipedia) from history.co.uk from historylink102.com “All Roads Lead to Rome” Physical planning, construction as an expression and consolidation of power
- 3. The power ofplanning to order, organize, enable civilization Roads Ports Aqueducts Fortifications/Boundaries Common Spaces (Agora, Forum, Baths, Shrines) 3 While most of the world remained rural, agricultural – ‘urban’ nodes served as centers
- 4. Transcontinental power • Constantinopleis a controlled trade point between East and West • Black Sea & Mediterranean Sea connect Europe to Asia, N. Africa Ottoman Empire 1299 – 1923 4
- 5. Colonial, pre-Civil WarUS: an agricultural nation 5 Eastern seaboard cities served as centers of commerce, trade; in 1800 most citizens (and many political leaders) were farmers
- 6. Industrialization (1800-1900s) Industrial Revolution– Britain, then United States Began with transportation (steam) then moved to industry and manufacturing (steel) -urban nodes and settlement patterns -railroad and sea ports -“3 mile city” -urban growth / urbanization Industry rose from late 1800s to early 1900s Connecticuthistory.org ushistoryscene.com
- 7. ‘urban’ centers havebeen around for millennia… ‘urbanization’ has taken hold in the last 150 years. So what is urbanization? Why did it intensify so dramatically? “the proportion of the total population concentrated in urban settlements” (Kingsley Davis, 1965 “The Urbanization of the Human Population” 7 Hulton Deutsch, encarta.msn.com 1800 Total US pop: 5 million Urban pop: 300,000 6% urbanized 1900 Total US pop: 76 million Urban pop: 30 million 40% urbanized As overall population and manufacturing grew, cities became larger and denser
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- 10. Factors at workin US urbanization: 10 • Population growth (i.e. reproduction) • Increased agricultural production • New modes of factory production • Cheap transportation (steamship, railroad) • Water as a resource: port cities, river cities • Immigration While we are now more urbanized than ever before, we have never again seen population densities as high as US cities of the late 19th c. (Levy p 11)
- 11. Urban Conditions inlate 19th c. America “3 mile radius” – the distance someone can walk in an hour 11 Factories, ports employ millions of workers; they all need to live within 3 miles From Little Italy Neighbors’ Association (LINA) From Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890)
- 12. Sanitary Reform = Beginningof American Urban Planning American industrial cities faced severe public health threats due to their unsanitary living conditions 12 • Human waste became a serious problem due to crowding, and a lack of dedicated sewers Up to 2,000 people per acre (Levy p12) “private” privies in apartment yards, and/or dumping in the streets (Peterson p15) Living conditions in factory slums became intolerable, and disease epidemics took hold
- 13. 19th c. --beginnings of government involvement • housing reform – 1867 NYC legislation regulating tenement construction • Public water supply and water-sewer carriage – widespread implementation in the 1870’s Note that at its inception – from its inception, and ongoing – the American planning tradition has been reactive, not proactive
- 14. Garden Cities Majoradvocates: Patrick Geddes (“survey, then plan”) Ebenezer Howard (Garden Cities of To-Morrow) appropriate spatial form determines social organization, quality of life
- 15. Urban Design Architectswho think big Planners who think small Landscape architects focused on connections Interdisciplinary notion, central tenets are that urban form matters (volume, space); and that meso-scale matters (between the macro of regions, cities and the micro of individual buildings)
- 16. Haussmann’s Paris Broad avenues Arrondissements The spatial expression of a new political regime – Napoleon III – “modern, functional, rational”
- 17. Haussmann boulevards remain the backboneof Paris spatial organization
- 18. “A little bitof Paris in Philly” Highly questionable as a successful public space
- 19. Other big namesin critical/constructive urban design theory… • Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities(1962) • William H. Whyte, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980) https://vimeo.com/111488563
- 20. Urban Design andPublic Space “the city is a theater of social action, and an aesthetic symbol of collective unity” Lewis Mumford, What is a City?, p 94 But who has a right to this space??
- 21. The Militarization ofUrban Space Presidio Modelo Prison, Cuba 2005 The Panopticon prison design translated into urban design -Surveillance in Public Space -”The Panopticon Mall” Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon
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- 23. The Militarization ofUrban Space Who has a right to urban spaces for what kinds of uses? • Weeding out the “undesirables” 1990 2003 SF bus stop seats
- 24. The Militarization ofUrban Space
- 25. The Militarization ofUrban Space
- 26. Suburbanization (c. 1950s) Automation= decline in manufacturing jobs available labor surplus Car Culture & Freeways Affordable housing & property taxes Higher standard of living Decentralization those who could leave did increasing job opportunities left low-skilled, low-mobility, low SES in the city (Sugrue 1998)
- 27. What fed thefrenzy? Things that fed the phenomenon: Roads Zoning Mortgages Baby Boom For half of the American population, up and out of the cities Construction Methods
- 28. 1908-1927: “Tin Lizzie” 1915: 5million cars In the US 1930: 25 million cars In the US By 1927, there was one car for every 5 Americans, or roughly 1 for every 2 families
- 29. Highways bought growth Photoscourtesy of Arroyo Seco Parkway Corridor plan • Robert Moses and the greater New York parkway system • The Pennsylvania Turnpike from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, PA • The Pasadena Freeway, Los Angeles County, CA
- 30. Planned Communities BASEDON the automobile City Beautiful meets Garden Cities meets Henry Ford meets the American real estate market Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City • Beverly Hills, 1914 • Palos Verdes Estates, 1923 • Radburn, 1929 Decentralized, democratic, pioneering vision Anti-urban; city as cancerous, city as prison Individualist emphasis Access to space, privacy for middle class homeowners
- 31. World War II 1920’sauto-oriented suburbanization trends… post … on crack
- 32. Highway Construction TheFederal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, aka National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
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- 34. Deindustrialization (1950s-1980s) Declines in manufacturingwere occurring as early as 1930s Declines due to automation occurred on a massive scale, now coupled with outsourcing Rust Belt – 1980s (Hammond, 1968) (Sugrue 1998) ERIEP (Klier and Rubenstein 2011)
- 35. Decline of theInner City Decentralizationdisinvestment Inner-city ghettos Slum clearance and urban renewal White flight and Urban Blight Images of Detroit 1940 (Sugrue 1998)
- 36. How does governmentgo about spatial planning? PUBLIC INVESTMENT. SPENDING MONEY TO BUILD THINGS; E.G. ROADS, SCHOOLS, BRIDGES. FUNDING COMES FROM TAX REVENUE, DEBT FINANCING. Regulation. Requiring compliance with codes, plans, mandates, targets. Local governments plan in order to coordinate these activities within a coherent framework
- 37. Revitalization and Renewal Gentrification Evictions Relocation strategies Demolishing housing projects and blighted urban cores Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition 37
- 38. Eminent Domain • Thepower of the state to take appropriate property for a public use (i.e. revitalize) • Basis: Fifth Amendment, U.S. Constitution • Commonly called a taking, a condemnation, or exapropriation • Just compensation = fair market value “…[no person] shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
- 39. How does eminentdomain work? Four kinds of “takings” – complete, partial, temporary, and right of way/easement • State contacts the owner, notifies them in writing, and proposes a “fair market” price • Owner accepts and turns over deed; or, objects and negotiates an alternative price through a hearing; or • Owner refuses and the state issues a court action, establishes and pays fair market price, and evicts the property owner (can be appealed)
- 40. Gentrification “the restoration andupgrading of deteriorated urban property by middle- class or affluent people, often resulting in displacement of lower-income people” 40
- 41. How is gentrificationsocially constructed in a positive way? 41 • U.S. cities were in precipitous decline through the 1970’s’ gentrification is what has ‘saved’ them • Increasing real estate values bring more tax base, services, jobs, institutional growth • There is a transfer of wealth from richer to less-rich residents when gentrification occurs • Gentrification uses the market, rather than government subsidy, to create a ‘rising tide’
- 42. How is gentrificationsocially constructed in a negative way? 42 • Property owners reap the economic benefits; low income renters just get pushed out • Developers and wealthy home owners care about themselves and their bottom line, not the good of the community • Gentrification happens where its easiest, not where it causes the least harm • When neighborhoods gentrify, they become less interesting, artsy, diverse, mixed-income
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- 45. New Urbanism Congressfor the New Urbanism (CNU) founded in 1993; Charter ratified in 1996 “walkable, neighborhood-based development as an alternative to sprawl” from cnu.org Leading figures are architects, designers: Peter Calthorpe, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth Moule, Stephanos Polyzoides
- 46. What is NewUrbanism? A broad-based call for Walkability Connectivity Mixed use Mixed housing Quality architecture and urban design Neighborhood structure Density Transportation choices Sustainability Quality of life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRrl7LwNUtw
- 47. New Urbanism successes Gotten more Americans aware of, thinking about design: do I really want a big house with a big yard far from work, shopping, schools, friends? • Shifted the mode of some new “greenfield” development • Catalyzed a conversation about transportation, the implications of our mode of choice
- 48. New Urbanism challenges Why are we still doing greenfield development, period? What about brownfields, greyfields? • Does new urbanism have anything to contribute to goals like economic equity, diversity? • Has new urbanist form created stronger communities? Or is it just appealing to a market for nostalgia? • Does new urbanism endorse and promote diverse values?
- 49. What else dowe plan for? Infrastructure Schools, hospitals Economic development; sustainability Population Growth Tax base
- 50. What Can beSaid of Urban Planning? People use space and place rarely according to how they’re planned out Long-term success? Adaptable to technical advances? Globalization? Climate Change?
- 51. Questions? Natasha Boyde,MA Geography, CSULB nats.maps@gmail.com @consciousmaps http://consciousmaps.org
Editor's Notes
- #3 Going way back to early urban planning look at ancient Rome. 2500 years ago the Romans had made tremendous technological advances in terms of roadways – surveying, grading, paving, creating a means of connectivity throughout the Empire “All roads lead to Rome” = political dominance in this massive region of the world, contributing to a memorable political power that lasted over 12 centuries~
- #4 Not just the Roman empire, but later the papacy, monarchies, feudal dynasties used physical land use planning to consolidate power and control movement/sustenance/opportunities --READ-- CONNECTIVITY – not just physical, for transport and commerce, but also irrigation, and especially, places for interchange, meaning-making Planned cities supported, enabled rural agricultural enclaves They also enabled monarchs, popes, feudal lords to shape space in order to consolidate power
- #5 As civilizations expanded across the Western hemisphere urban nodes were built along ports
- #7 Industrialization of cities worldwide happened 1800-1900. The Industrial Revolution occurred first in Britain, then in the United States, both within the 1800s. First steam (Connecticuthistory.org), then steel Implications of key institutions on urban growth One of first steampowered trains in the 1800s (connecticuthistory.org) Robert Fulton, the steam engine Expansion West across the United States
- #8 Obviously with the examples of Rome & Constantinople, urban centers have been around for a very long time. But the process of urbanization has really taken hold in the last 150 years. Urbanization = many definitions. But essentially is “the proportion of the total population concentrated in urban settlements” (Kingsley Davis, 1965). Look at the huge spikes in population in the US over one century. This is before major medical advances or even convenient transport, so a jump like this may not look like much to us now (every couple of years another 1billion population), but at the time this is rapid intensification Part of the reason for rapid expansion in the US is our competition with the UK. About 1820-1870 the industrial revolution in the US was partly a reaction to our strained relations with the UK, whose thriving industry made their commercial goods superior. Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin, interchangeable parts (1794) FORDISM – standardized production line Francis Lowell, spinning and weaving in one factory TAYLORISM All of this advancement in manufacturing is a key element in explaining urbanization patterns in the US during this time.
- #9 1830-1860 railroad expansion (ushistoryscene.com) The Cumberland Road, the Erie Canal, railroads, communications networks – all were in the name of trade. The US was a commercial power before we were a military power, and our planning reflects this 1860-1900 Industry (Hammond Inc.) 1920-1960 Industry and Cities (Hammond Inc.)
- #10 1927 Ford River Rouge Plant Detroit – one of the largest, over 85,000 workers (Sugrue) 1930 - Edgewater, NJ on the Hudson River – Fortune Magazine 1940s Detroit (Sugrue)- West Side of Detroit housed thousands of industrial employees in single-family homes (low-rise city). In the 1940s Detroit was the epicenter of booming industry, especially in car production. This drew thousands more migrants to the opportunities of well-paying, secure jobs. 1954 automated plant (Sugrue) – automation, FodismTaylorism
- #12 Levy p 13 – tenement photos Totally unregulated living conditions (for the most part – we will talk about early efforts at reform, esp in NYC) You can imagine the orientation of landlords – what to do with the acre I own? Nice home with a barn and a garden for one family? Or cram people like sardines into railroad apartments, 6 stories high People arrive from their distant farms, from native countries across the ocean – with no money at all – and find that factory jobs are not all they were cracked up to be; they work 6 days a week, minimum; they’re barely paid enough to eat; and they quickly get stuck in a ruthless cycle Children went to work; Multiple families lived in the same apartment; Disease and squalor were rampant
- #14 There is the exception of the municipal improvement movement – the Stockbridge, MA example cited in Levy, dating back to 1853 – but it is important to note that this is really a private, volunteer-driven phenomenon.
- #15 Between 1910 and 1930 – the growth of the community master plan, some regional planning. Howard’s diagrams and paradigm proposes, emphasizes the idea that appropriate urban design and spatial planning can yield a more desireable life. The “rush to zone” – Levy’s terms – really a way to normalize property development, protect property values Regional plans (RPA, the tri-state plan around Philly) – were driven largely by voluntarism, with little or no “teeth” except inasmuch as they served the interests of powerful local leaders (ie Moses) and would thus be adopted/pursued
- #17 Arrondissement: a subdivision of a department in France, for purposes of local government administration.
- #22 The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow a single watchman to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) inmates of an institution without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behaviour constantly. The name is also a reference to Panoptes from Greek mythology; he was a giant with a hundred eyes and thus was known to be a very effective watchman. The design consists of a circular structure with an "inspection house" at its centre, from which the manager or staff of the institution are able to watch the inmates, who are stationed around the perimeter. Bentham conceived the basic plan as being equally applicable to hospitals, schools, sanatoriums, daycares, and asylums, but he devoted most of his efforts to developing a design for a Panopticon prison, and it is his prison which is most widely understood by the term.
- #23 The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow a single watchman to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) inmates of an institution without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behaviour constantly. The name is also a reference to Panoptes from Greek mythology; he was a giant with a hundred eyes and thus was known to be a very effective watchman. The design consists of a circular structure with an "inspection house" at its centre, from which the manager or staff of the institution are able to watch the inmates, who are stationed around the perimeter. Bentham conceived the basic plan as being equally applicable to hospitals, schools, sanatoriums, daycares, and asylums, but he devoted most of his efforts to developing a design for a Panopticon prison, and it is his prison which is most widely understood by the term.
- #24 The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow a single watchman to observe (-opticon) all (pan-) inmates of an institution without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behaviour constantly. The name is also a reference to Panoptes from Greek mythology; he was a giant with a hundred eyes and thus was known to be a very effective watchman. The design consists of a circular structure with an "inspection house" at its centre, from which the manager or staff of the institution are able to watch the inmates, who are stationed around the perimeter. Bentham conceived the basic plan as being equally applicable to hospitals, schools, sanatoriums, daycares, and asylums, but he devoted most of his efforts to developing a design for a Panopticon prison, and it is his prison which is most widely understood by the term.
- #27 Automation-will discuss on the next slide, but briefly—it led to decline in MFG jobs Affordability of cars/price of first Ford car?? Levittown (City Reader) Those with mobility left—those with means and resources, upward mobility to get out
- #29 Hard to underestimate the effect that this innovation had on land use, circulation patterns within towns and cities, commuter patterns – just about everything The introduction of the assembly line put the auto within reach of a wide range of buyers – not just the very wealthy
- #30 Cars needed somewhere to be driven, to their potential Towns and cities were becoming congested, dangerous messes (not unlike today – but different – no stop lights, no lanes, mish mash of horses, pedestrians, autos The ‘motorway’ with its dedicated exits was a revelation This early adoption of the motorway spurred planning by civic-minded business leaders – property developers – and public officials You can imagine the impact on land valuation, if a parcel is located near a freeway exit
- #32 You‘ve got this much-enlarged state apparatus – following the war – and a recovered, then thriving economy – the impact on land use development and urbanization was profound
- #35 Charts – decline in manufacturing jobs Declines as early as 1930s (even before industry peaked) 1980 assembly plants (European Review of Industrial Economics and Policy – from Klier and Rubenstein 2011) For comparison 1960 Industry and Cities (Hammond Inc.)
- #36 Decentralization led to disinvestment in the city Inner-city ghettos of joblessness, hopelessness (WJW) In response to the increase of these ghettos were slum clearance and urban renewal projects, which displaced the poor and perpetuated poverty