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Geography / Planning 379 ~ Lecture 4 “Urban Sprawl”

The automobile has disrupted and virtually exploded the city fully as much as would an atomic bomb could its force be spent gradually. – Harland Bartholomew, Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission.

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Geography / Planning 379 ~ Lecture 4 “Urban Sprawl”

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  1. The automobile has disrupted and virtually exploded the city fully as much as would an atomic bomb could its force be spent gradually.– Harland Bartholomew, Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission Geography / Planning 379 ~ Lecture 4 “Urban Sprawl” 0. Stages of Suburban Growth (See Lecture 3 Guide) Definition of Urban Sprawl The Components of Sprawl “Leapfrog” Development Video: Subdivide and Conquer Pop Quiz READING (Required): Chapter 6, 149-154; Chapter 9, Box 9.4 and pp. 225-228 (“Postwar Sprawl”) Thurs. & Next Tues. – Key material will be covered for first paper writeup!

  2. 1. Definition of Urban Sprawl • From: Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream: “An abstract system of carefully separated pods of single use. Daily needs are located within driving distance…”

  3. 2. The Components of Urban Sprawl • Five strictly segregated components of sprawl: • Housing subdivisions (“clusters” or “pods”; exclusively residential; income segregated) • Shopping centers (“strip centers,” “malls,” “power centers,” “big box retail”) • Office parks (“business parks’; workplaces only, isolated from other uses) • Civic institutions (“community “centers,” but surrounded and isolated from urban fabric by parking lots: everybody must drive to them) • Roadways (transportation space: streets & parking now the 2nd largest consumer of land in American metro areas after residential)

  4. 3. Leapfrog Development • Leaving behind undeveloped parcels of land as development takes place farther and farther out from the center • Development is discontinuous • Impacts: Excessive travel, air pollution, wasted time, loss of sense of community • Zoning may almost mandate such patterns • Land is often held for speculative purposes

  5. Video -- Subdivide and Conquer: A Modern Western Full 57-minute version viewable through our Website and EReserves page: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~plane/geog379.html

  6. POP QUIZ Name ___________ • In the Video Subdivide and Conquer, which city was given as an example of successful downtown revitalization as a result of the construction of a major league ballpark? • Albuquerque, New Mexico • Boise, Idaho • Chicago • Phoenix, Arizona • Seattle, Washington

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