Suburbanization II

For the Urbanization II Test

Suburbs and inner cities

• Suburban residents and jobs came from somewhere

• Growth now limited to suburbs

• Segregation by class, race

• Falling tax income, rising service needs

• Spatial mismatch: jobs moved, poor didn’t

Suburbs and inner citiesIncome Disparity

Suburbs and inner citiesIncome Disparity

Suburbs and inner citiesIncome Disparity

Suburbs and inner citiesRacial Disparity

Suburbanization and Technology

• Suburbanization happens because of transportation technology– Cars and Freeways– Mass Transit

Tokyo Mass Transit System

Houston Mass Transit System

Suburbs and inner cities

• But agglomeration still matters

• And immigrants still arrive in cities

• Increasing redevelopment of downtowns

– LoDo in Denver

– Battery Park in NYC

– Jack London Square in Oakland

– Train station in Sacramento

Multicultural Harris CountyMore areas not dominated by a single race

Suburbs and inner cities

• People still want to live in or near the city

• immigrants still arrive in cities• Increasing redevelopment of

downtowns–LoDo –Lower Downtown Denver–Battery Park in NYC–Jack London Square in Oakland–The Heights in Houston

MEGALOPOLIS

• A chain of metropolitan areas

Megalopolis

• Sometimes called Bos-Wash– From Boston,

MA to Washington DC

– Population of over 52 million people

MegalopolisPopulation Density Map

Compare to thisTexas Population Density

Map

Largest Cities in the WorldIncluding neighboring metro areas

1. Tokyo, Japan – 34.4 million**2. Guangzhou, China – 25.4 million3. Seoul, South Korea – 25.2 million4. Shanghai, China – 24.9 million5. New Delhi, India – 23.5 million6. Mumbai, India – 23.2 million7. Mexico City, Mexico – 23 million**8. New York City, USA – 22 million**9. Sao Paulo, Brazil – 21 million**12. Los Angeles, USA – 18.1 million27. Chicago, USA – 9.5 million48. Dallas/Ft Worth, USA – 6.7 million57. Houston, USA – 6.1 million**

** Need to know