ENVS 4225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Urban Sprawl, Habitat Fragmentation, Habitat Destruction
30 Mar 2017
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Smart growth incremental growth; growing slow but still developing. Land use, travel behavior and accessibility if you are in a compact area, your movement will be limited. Societal and ecological impacts social relations in compact cities are stronger due to physical closeness. Local air and noise pollution reduce in air pollution because of the decrease in traveling. Habitat fragmentation of nature conservation areas reduce in habitat destruction due to compact urban areas. Less urban sprawl = better environment for habitats/animals. Outcomes of the compact city policy of the 1990"s. Building relatively high density housing and places or work and services. Heavy investments in urban renewal to improve the quality of the housing stock. Adoption of restrictive planning measures to protect the green heart from major urban development. Setting up the national ecological network a network of nature conservation areas enjoying special protection from land use developments.
