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Sustainable Cities
G. Tyler Miller’s Living in the Environment 14 th Edition
Chapter 25
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
Urbanization and Urban Growth
Urban areas
Rural areas
Villages
Cities
Urban growth: natural increase and immigration
Push and pull factors
Patterns of Urban Growth
Increasing proportion of population
Great increase in large cities (>1,000,000)
Increasing rapidly in developing counties
Urban growth slower in developed countries
Poverty in urban areas increasing
Urbanization in the US
Migration to large central cities
Migration from cities to suburbs
Migration from north and east to south and west
Migration from urban to rural areas
Spatial patterns of development
(see Fig. 25-4 p. 566)
Major Urban Regions in the US
Fig. 25-4 p. 566
Impacts of Urban Sprawl
Fig. 25-6 p. 567
Urban Resource and Environmental Problems
Air and water pollution; waste management
Reduction in vegetation
Importation of food, energy, and materials
Noise pollution
Climate impacts: urban heat islands
Impacts on surrounding rural areas
Urban Areas: Inputs and Outputs
Fig. 25-8 p. 569
Urban Poor in Developing Countries
Slums
Squatter settlements
Shantytowns
Illegal settlements
Poverty and unemployment
Transportation and Urban Development
Individual transit
Mass transit
Buses
Trains
Automobiles (See Pro/Con p. 572-573)
Urban Land-Use Planning and Control
Land-use planning
Property taxes
Zoning
Smart growth
Urban growth boundary
Greenbelts
Cluster development
(See Fig. 25-18 p. 579)
Greenbelts
Fig. 25-17 p. 579
Cluster Housing
Fig. 25-18 p. 579
Solutions: Making Urban Areas More Livable and Sustainable
New cities and towns
Ecocity (green city)
Trees and climate-specific landscaping
People-oriented
High energy efficiency