GEO 454 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Green Urbanism, Human Capital, Individualism
23 Mar 2017
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A form of urbanization distinguished by gilham pg 23. The typical form of most types of late-twentieth century suburban development pg 8. Defining sprawl: (spread out, low density, unplanned) Commercial strip development: low density commercial along road corridors. Low density: (density = #/unit of area) people per unit area, dwelling units per acre, far (floor to area ratio) (sqft of houses per area of lot) Far is good for measuring square foot of retail space to area of land. Single use development: land uses functionally segregated. Cheaper lands the farther you go away from urbanization. Financing requirements (developers get money from banks- banks can enforce conformity) Sprawl is not just growth, but is a specific, and dysfunctional, style of growth pg 2. Community, environment, loss of farmland, and cars, pollution. Mix factor: more mix = less sprawl. Centers factor: more centered = less sprawl if endless. Streets factor: smaller block length = less sprawl.
