GEV 1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Urban Agriculture, Urban Decay, Urban Sprawl

• School: Villanova University
• Department: Geography and the Environment
• Course: GEV 1050
• Professor: Weston

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Drawbacks: urban heat islands with noise and air pollution, urban sprawl (separate from necessary end product; something that happens with increased number of people: some cities have more than others; nyc compared to portland maine) Greater land use change, loss of habitat, biodiversity. Increased energy demand (houses, cars: urban blight and homelessness, gentrification: decreased crime, pushes people out. Ha(cid:271)itat for hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455) is(cid:374)"t ge(cid:374)trifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374): it"s a(cid:374) i(cid:374)flu(cid:454) of (cid:373)o(cid:374)e(cid:455) a(cid:374)d de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374)to a(cid:374) impoverished area. Smart growth: need these things to promote the growth in a sustainable way: good government management, mixed land uses: atlanta: very few people live downtown; mixing commercial and residential areas is a. Rural areas not a lot of co2, suburban areas are concentrated emissions, pockets of green are the actual urban cores (green) public transportation, Curitaba brazil; well-planned city, people can get in and out of city core and urban web.