Chapter 22 Sustainable Cities Summary 1. Almost half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and half in rural areas. Government policies‚ poverty‚ lack of land to grow food‚ declining agricultural jobs‚ famine‚ and war that force people out of rural areas are all factors that determine how urban areas develop. 2. Urban areas are rarely self-sustaining‚ threaten biodiversity‚ destroy and damage ecosystems‚ lack trees‚ grow little of their own food‚ concentrate pollutants
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shortages‚ and declining living conditions‚ by moving into the new and affordable growing suburbs. The combination of new government funding‚ made possible through the G.I. Bill‚ allowed for the education of the returning soldiers‚ successful reentry into the workforce‚ and ability to afford new housing. These were the conditions that led to the new and continuing growth of the American
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Racial Integration in Levittown‚ Pennsylvania During the late 1940s and throughout the 50s‚ many city-dwelling Americans were compelled to move to the suburbs‚ driven by a desire to forge a new and more comfortable lifestyle for their families. After World War Two‚ cities had become overcrowded as veterans returned and sought to purchase homes of their own. The implementation of the interstate highway system‚ coupled with the undertakings of developers to build new communities offering more affordable
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moved to the out skirts of the city to get away from the combustion of in city life. They could afford to travel to the out skirts and maintain the land. People with low-income could not afford the luxuries of transportation and big houses in the suburbs. If a lot of people live in a crowded area and don’t have much land to work with‚ public health deteriorate‚ due to lack of sanitation. In Many ways Nashville is still the same way now‚ as in the mid- nineteenth century. The Construction of “Life
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1. Using figure 4 only‚ comment on the characteristics on the urban landscape shown. Suggest how it could be improved. (7 marks) Using figure 4‚ it would appear that densely built shacks – which also appear poor quality - are evidence of shanty town development. Because this area appears so tightly built together (and therefore isolated from the rest of the city)‚ as shown in the bottom of the photograph‚ it will likely have contributed issues such as poor sanitation – whilst also suffered from
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there has been a mass movement by Americans to live in the suburbs. They were searching for a sense of security‚ community‚ and open space that the city lacked. Suburbia was the answer to America’s discontent. It promoted the ideal community; with less crime and congestion. Suburbanites wanted to raise their families away from the cities in a wholesome‚ controlled‚ idealistic neighborhood. Suburbia became this romanticized idea. The suburbs became a fixture in American’s lives after World War II
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Antiti Urbanization TN 40 Urbanization refers to the growth of towns and cities‚ often at the expense of rural areas‚ as people move to urban centres in search of jobs and what they hope will be a better life. In most countries the percentage of the total population living in urban areas is increasing. In a number of small countries‚ such as Guadeloupe‚ Monaco‚ and Bermuda‚ 100 percent of the population lives in urban centres. On the other extreme‚ several of Africa’s poorest countries have
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Patricia Brown Ellen Beckford English 1101 13 February 2013 Two Neighborhoods The convenience of living in an urban or suburban neighborhood can be appealing to many people. Choosing between areas can sometimes be overwhelming for some individual. People are not only concerned about the safety of a community‚ but they are also concerned about the environment. Although some neighborhoods might look attractive‚ people should consider the expense that comes with it‚ and how commuting will affect
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Park (2009) looked at how suburbanization (and by proxy housing abandonment) was related to crime. It was found that crime and housing abandonment had a cyclical effect on each other. Many middle-class and upper class people chose to move to the suburbs to get away from crime even as crime increased because of the exodus of people (Jargowsky & Park‚ 2009). Additionally‚ Jargowsky and Park (2009) also found that the movement of those classes isolates the lower class and lowers the overall financial
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are not present in many suburban neighborhoods. The success of suburbs in attracting employment contains a threat to suburban residential stability. An escalation in overall metropolitan sprawl is the likely result. People acting on such preferences will contribute to exurban sprawl into agricultural areas‚ as well as contribute to revival of some central city neighborhoods. A region lying beyond the suburbs of a city‚
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