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Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use and Management

Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use and Management. G. Tyler Miller’s Living in the Environment 13 th Edition Chapter 25. Dr. Richard Clements Chattanooga State Technical Community College. Key Concepts. Distribution of urban and rural populations. Factors determining urban development.

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Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use and Management

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  1. Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use and Management G. Tyler Miller’s Living in the Environment 13th Edition Chapter 25 Dr. Richard Clements Chattanooga State Technical Community College

  2. Key Concepts • Distribution of urban and rural populations • Factors determining urban development • Resource and environmental problems in urban areas • Effects of transportation systems on urban growth • Planning and controlling urban growth • Making cities more sustainable and desirable

  3. Urbanization and Urban Growth • Urban (metropolitan) area-more than 2,500 (10-50K) • Rural area-less than 2,500 • Village-group of rural households, cultural or familial ties • City-large, variety of peoples • Degrees of urbanization-% of pop. Living in urban area • Urban growth: natural increase and immigration

  4. Patterns of Urban Growth • Increasing proportion of population-90% urban • Growth in developing • Great increase in large cities (>1,000,000) • Megacities-Tokyo, Mexico City (10 mil or more) • Increasing rapidly in developing counties • Urban growth slower in developed countries • Poverty in urban areas increasing (See Spotlight p. 663)

  5. Urbanization in the US • Migration to large central cities • Migration from cities to suburbs-American • Dream –ideal family life. Lower cost of livingIncreases urban sprawl. • Migration from north and east to south and west –undeveloped areas, green spaces (less water resources) lower cost of living in some locations* • Urban sprawl • Spatial patterns of development-pg 667 (see Fig. 25-9 p. 667)

  6. Major Urban Regions in the US Fig. 25-6 p. 665

  7. Impacts of Urban Sprawl Fig. 25-8 p. 666

  8. Urban Resource and Environmental Problems • Air and water pollution; waste management • Reduction in vegetation • Importation of food, energy, and materials • Climate impacts: urban heat island • Noise pollution • Impacts on surrounding rural areas

  9. Urban Areas: Inputs and Outputs Fig. 25-11 p. 669

  10. Urban Heat Island Fig. 25-13 p. 670

  11. Transportation and Urban Development • Individual transit- Advantages and Disadvantages???? Pg 674 • Masstransit • Buses • Trains • Automobiles(See Pro/Con p. 673)

  12. Urban Land-Use Planning and Control • Land-use planning (See Case Study p. 677) • Ecological land-use planning (See Solutions p. 681) • Property taxes • Zoning-land designated for specific uses –control growth or protect areas • Smart growth-less dependence on cars, discourage urban sprawl • Urban growth boundary • Cluster development (See Fig. 25-22 p. 682) • Greenways

  13. Solutions: Making Urban Areas More Livable and Sustainable • New cities and towns • Ecocity (green city) • Trees and climate-specific landscaping • People-oriented • People-involved See Guest Essay p. 684

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