1. Mathias Klang - @klangable mklang@sju.eduCities & Suburbs

2. Urban population in 2005 world map 3. Excerpt: Hans Rosling: Religions and babieshttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies 4. Urban settlementsappeared around3,000 B.C. inancientMesopotamia,Egypt, and theIndus Valley 5. Grow, Store, Transport Surplus 6. In 1800, only 3% of the world'spopulation lived in cities, afigure that rose to 47% by theend of the twentieth century.In 1950, there were 83 citieswith populations exceedingone million; by 2007, thisnumber had risen to 468.Megacities 7. Power and OrganizationThe City: By Whom and for Whom? 8. Theocritus bucolics in 3rd centurybc 9. inner zone: coextensive with the boundariesof the old industrial city. Suburbia (1920s),designed for the automobile 10. Creating Suburbia: Moses et al 11. William J. Levitt creator of suburbia 12. Levitt & Sons 26-step assembly line building method.Construction workers moved from house to houseperforming one task. Levitt's workers to produce afinished house every 16 minutes. 13. Levittown Highly Regulated 14. For a man who owns his home acquires with it anew dignity He begins to take pride in what is hisown, and pride in conserving and improving it forhis children. He becomes a more steadfast andconcerned citizen of his community. He becomesmore self-confident and self-reliant. The mere actof becoming a homeowner transforms him. It giveshim roots, a sense of belonging, a true stake in hiscommunity and well being.Sen. Charles Percy (1966) 15. Whats with the lawn? 16. Philly, a recent survey of renters conducted by thecity found unexpected levels of social engagement.Planners were surprised by how many rentersknew their neighbors, participated inneighborhood events and helped maintain thephysical environment through volunteer work.Salon Magazine 17. Rental as norm 18. The suburban experiment, as he calls it, has been a fiscal failure. On top of theissues of low-density tax collection, sprawling development is more expensive tobuild. Roads are wider and require more paving. Water and sewage service costs arehigher. It costs more to maintain emergency services since more fire stations andpolice stations are needed per capita to keep response times down. Children need tobe bused farther distances to school.Charles Marohn 19. The End of the Suburbs: Leigh Gallagher 20. Health and DesignGarrick and Marshall report that cities with more compact streetnetworksspecifically, increased intersection densityhave lower levelsof obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. The moreintersections, the healthier the humans. 21. The city and its users 22. Unpleasant design 23. Private Public Space 24. Private Public Space: Control 25. Genpei AkasegawaThomassons 26. Desire Paths 27. Mathias Klangwww.klangable.comImage & licensing info in the notessection of slides.Images at www.flickr.com (orspecifically stated).This ppt licensed:Creative Commons BY-NC-SADownload presentationwww.slideshare.net/klang