Wicked Problems

As planners began to resolve wicked problems, different classes began to divide up our society. This would tie into the 1883 pair when there was a population of one million people living within an urban area. Since the population was increasing and continuing to, planners began to build around those who were travailing from place to place. This method was known to be very efficient. As NEW structures began to go up in different locations, classes division was occurring. Upper-classes lived on the outskirts of city. You would think they would live in the city but this was also a time when the automobile came into effect. This meant that most upper-class individuals could afford to travel (by the automobile) into the city every day for work, and commercial use as needed. Those who were labeled as lower-class lived in the city because they weren’t able to afford an automobile, and living in the city was also less expensive. Living in the city was the efficient choice being that lower-class individuals could walk where they needed to. We can still see this in today’s society. Most upper-class individuals live on the outskirts of a city (near the mountains), whereas those who are lower-class live in the overcrowded areas in the city, and near toxic landfills. This has become a wicking issues overtime, but can be improved on with the help of many planners.

Getting into the 21^thcentury, planners began to see an issue when the “one size fits all” approach came into play. During this century, there where trends that continued to be used and advanced from the 20^thcentury because technology was being relied on. The “one size fits all” approach is based off the twenty-four hours we have within a day. The twenty-four hours we have are broken up into three chunks of eight hours. The first eight hours are dedicated to work, the second is dedicated to leisure, and the third is dedicated to sleep.As we relate to this in our everyday lives, there are problems that come along with this. For example, in the morning everyone has to be at work or class at a certain time. Because of this there are traffic jams throughout interstates, making some individuals late. Transportation planners would then plan a more efficient system so this doesn’t occur. Planners could possible create larger interstates, more bypasses, etc. This approach is interesting because I don’t think much about how much time I spend on these three chunks. But it does make sense to have set hours in our everyday life whether that is going to the store, school, work etc. because others also need leisure time in order to stay productive for the upcoming days.