GGRA03H3 Lecture : You're welcome
Document Summary
What the sprawl debate is really about is what kind of environment and city we want to build. One way is to look at policy from the past, compare what happened with what was intended. It is a form of urbanization distinguished by leapfrog patterns of development, commercial strips, low density, separated land uses, automobile dominance, and a minimum of public open space. Leapfrog pattern is development of housing over undeveloped land. dispersed development, lower densities than existing urban areas. development with large areas of single-use development (ex. sprawl has a lot of space, but not public spaces. urban problems congestion, pollution, housing costs, racism, poor schools. poor public transit outside of big cities. when everybody does sprawl, it becomes a problem. car dependence (suburban layout make it difficult to walk, destinations are too far, www. notesolution. com many loops: self-reinforcing cycle. Car needs a lot of surface parking and road.
