nov 10, 1800 - Pre-modern planning v Modern Planning

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- Functional system serving a specific purpose for a max population - no plans for continual growth nor capabilities for continual planning
- Rarely extended beyond physical dimension of cities (no social consideration) *but also while there was social stratification, physical distance between classes were short (they lived close together) and depended on social etiquette to keep social order
- Centrally planned features that serve as precedents to modern planning such as grid networks of streets and waste removal systems
- Respond to a much larger number of urban form determinants which constrained the form of ancient cities.

Peterson (2003): City Planning dealt with already-built cities and not new towns as in townsite planning.

Modern cities were limited by fewer urban form determinants due to technology that allows us to be better insulated from the elements. We could build in more places (over hills, rivers), we have freedom over shape, height, bulk, and use of the buildings. The cities started to become more chaotic with different people and corporations doing things according to their individual needs. Safety and sanitation issues arose, and necessitated some governmental organization, which led to planning.

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