Levittowns: cookie cutter model for city development

  • developed as response to demand for suburb houses from GI Bill

GI Bill had huge positive impact because each house -> like 5 jobs -> high employment

Interstate Hwy Act also had huge positive impact -> transportation x9000

Latin American City model

  • Models Palo Alto

    • University Ave -> CBD
    • Further from University -> lower income
    • gentrification
    • Industrial Park: Facebook, etc
  • Favelas in South American are built for young men looking to work

  • lots of violence

    • people have better guns than police

Southeast Asian City Model

  • port based
  • radiates out from port
  • government zone near port -> collect tariffs
  • commercial zone near port -> for foreigners
    • very western
  • mixed use area comes from original agrarian city development -> port city
  • some offices near sea -> see shipments
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