13 -4 Suburbs

I. The Peripheral Model (North America Only)

A) Edge Cities

WilliamsTown

City of Roopchand

SacoEstates

AKA Galactic Urban Model

Huge mall

hospitals

B) Density Gradient (pg 428 txt)

Density declines as you move further from CBD (basic rule)

2 changes today:• 1- # living in CBD greatly decreased!• 2- people are more evenly spread out

than in the past.

C) Suburban “Sprawl”

1 – Definition – progressive spread ofDevelopment over the landscape

2) Problems of Sprawl

pockets of development/pockets of open space cause: (USA)• 1 – more expensive services (roads)• 2 – wastes land (agricultural)• 3 – wastes energy (car needed more)

3 – In Europe…

“Greenbelts around cities”

4 – Smart Growth(US)

II. Suburban SegregationWhat City?

WESTON,FLA

A) Attraction of Suburbs(Review)

B) Segregated Social Classes

Using zoning ordinances so everyone is “same income” level.

C) Suburbanization of Retailing

End of the corner store beginning of the mall!

D) Suburbanization of Factories and Offices

1) More Room (Cheaper land than CBD)

2) Better access to highways 3) Difficult for workers with “no cars”

to get to (often from inner city)

III. Transportation and Suburbanization

A) Historically, city growth was limited because people had to ….

B) Today, It’s all about the ______!

B) Cars (con’t)

1) suburban explosion 2) universal ownership in USA except (95% of trips) (majority for???) 3) interstates and cheap gas 4) 25% of land in cities 5) MDC’s future (smart highways)

What City?

I love Miami!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C) Public Transportation(USA)

1 – Rush-hour Commuting 2 – Advantages of public transport:

• Because each traveler takes up less space –

• Cheaper• Less polluting• Energy-Efficient

3) AmericansWill not give upCars!

Why?

Consider….

Average American spends over 36 hours a year sitting in traffic jams.

Yet public transportation has been reduced in theUnited States!

4) One Exception – “Rapid” Transit(Subways, trolley, light rail)

These are being built in the US city most infamous for traffic jams?????

Los Angeles, CA

5) Inner-City/Suburban Connection

D) Public Transportation (Europe/Japan)

What City?? Berlin, Germany

The End!

What are these people doing anyway??