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Urban Sprawl

Urban Sprawl. PHS Geography Department – Enhanced Canadian. when a city’s population grows there are two ways that it can “expand” 1. with an increase in density , usually with taller buildings or by filling in vacant land

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Urban Sprawl

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  1. Urban Sprawl PHS Geography Department – Enhanced Canadian

  2. when a city’s population grows there are two ways that it can “expand” 1. with an increase in density, usually with taller buildings or by filling in vacant land 2. outwards into the fringe area around the outside of the city, with lower densities

  3. The rural-urban fringe.

  4. since density is lower in the areas of urban sprawl, services are farther apart • increases the use of the car • increases the impact on the environment • leads to a loss of farmland • taxes are high because it is expensive to provide services (schools, water, sewers, etc.)

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  6. developers is the term we apply to people who build new residential, industrial, or commercial areas • often land developers buy the land many years in advance and let it sit idle • these people are called speculators • buying and selling the land pushes up the value of the land and encourages more farmers to sell their land

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  8. recently many new developments in suburban areas are being built like downtown neighbourhoods with higher densities • reduces sprawl and keeps taxes lower • often called the new urbanism or smart growth

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  12. Rural Areas: What smells? • A rural area describes land used chiefly for agriculture. The word “rural” may be used to describe the life-styles and economic activity of the people living in rural area

  13. Characteristics of typical rural areas • People in rural areas have job related to agriculture • Rural jobs include: supplying goods (feed and seed) and services (tractor repair) crop farming and raising livestock • hamlets, villages etc are considered rural places • Houses: single family dwellings

  14. Continued • Space between buildings – homes far apart • Style of construction: brick or stone or wood • Settlement pattern – scattered or linear • Development pattern – declining as people are moving to larger cities looking for job

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