Geography Alive Chapter 5 Urban Sprawl Geography Alive Chapter 5
Urban Sprawl As urban development continues, it moves out from cities to suburbs. Developers create suburbs by building up farmland or forested areas and building housing tracts, shopping centers, and office parks.
Sprawl moves from the center out In which circle would the suburbs lie?
Metropolitan Areas Metropolitan areas are where 80% of the people in the United States and Canada live.
Problems with Urban Sprawl Loss of habitat Pollution Traffic jams Higher taxes Can you think of others? Toronto, Ontario 1999
Urbanization in First and Third World Countries Third World (undeveloped) First World (developed)
Why might some regions have more metropolitan areas than others? Why are there so many cities with more than 5 million people in Asia? What special problems might urban sprawl create for poor countries?
What is the trend?
How have the populations of these cities has grown over time? Which city has seen the largest growth in urbanization? Tokyo
The Fresh Prince of Urbanization
Which is a true statement? More people live in rural areas More people live in urban areas The population is evenly distributed between urban and rural areas
Which is the trend in most countries? people move into urban areas people move to colder climates people move to mountainous areas
Which shows the correct flow in urbanization? rural fringe urban core urban fringe urban core rural fringe urban fringe urban fringe urban core rural fringe urban core urban fringe rural fringe
Which of the following are problems caused by urbanization Which of the following are problems caused by urbanization? (select all that apply) better jobs pollution traffic jams more schools and health care loss of habitat
True or False Urbanization in third world countries often means slums are built on the edges of cities
Key term Notes suburb an area of housing built at the edge of a city
Key term Notes metropolitan area a major city and its surrounding suburbs