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Key Issues Why do services cluster downtown? Where are people distributed within urban areas? Why are urban areas expanding? Why do cities face challenges?

Learning Outcomes 13.3.1: State three definitions of urban settlements. 13.3.2: Describe how metropolitan areas contain many local governments and overlap with each other. 13.3.3: Identify historical and contemporary patterns of suburban expansion. 13.3.4: Explain two ways in which suburbs are segregated.

Learning Outcomes 13.3.5: Describe the impact of motor vehicles in urban areas. 13.3.6: State benefits and limitations of public transportation. 13.3.7: Describe recent and possible future improvements in vehicles.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Defining Urban Settlements Several definitions have been created to characterize cities and their suburbs. The term city defines an urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self-governing unit. In the U.S., these urban settlements are sometimes known as a central city.

Figs. 13-26 Figure 13-27 DEFINITIONS OF ST LOUIS The City of St. Louis comprises only 6 percent of the land area and 11 percent of the population of the MSA.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Defining Urban Settlements cont’d. An urban area consists of a dense core of census tracts, densely settled suburbs, and low-density land that links the dense suburbs with the core. The census recognizes two types of urban areas: An urbanized area is an urban area with at least 50,000 inhabitants. An urban cluster is an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Defining Urban Settlements cont’d. The U.S. Bureau of the Census has created a method of measuring the functional area of a city, known as the metropolitan statistical area (MSA). It includes: An urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000 The county within which the city is located Adjacent counties with a high population density and a large percentage of residents working in the central city’s county.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Overlapping Metropolitan Areas Some adjacent MSAs overlap so that they now form one continuous urban complex. Example: Extending north of Boston to South of Washington D.C., geographer Jean Gottmann named this region Megalopolis, a Greek word meaning “great city”. Local Government Fragmentation Most U.S. metropolitan areas have a council of government, which is a cooperative agency consisting of various local government representatives. Purpose may be to do some overall planning for the area that cannot be performed by a single local government.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Annexation The process of legally adding land area to a city is annexation. Many U.S. cities grew rapidly in the 19th century, because they offered better services than available in the rural countryside (e.g. water supply, sewage disposal, etc.) Density Gradient U.S. tend to become less and less dense as one ventures farther from the city’s center; this phenomenon is known as the density gradient.

Figs. 13-29 Figure 13-30 ANNEXATION IN CHICAGO During the nineteenth century, the city of Chicago grew rapidly through annexation of peripheral land. Relatively little land was annexed during the twentieth century; the major annexation was on the northwest side, for O’Hare Airport. The inset shows that the city of Chicago covers only a small portion of the Chicago metropolitan statistical area.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? The Cost of Suburban Sprawl A flattening of the density gradient for a metropolitan area means that its people and services are spread out over a larger area. U.S. suburbs are characterized by sprawl, the progressive spread of development over the landscape. Suburban Segregation The modern residential suburb is segregated in two ways: Social Class Similarly priced houses are typically built in close proximity to one another, thus attracting a specific range of income earners.

Figs. 13-32 Figure 13-33 HOUSING SEGREGATION: GATED COMMUNITY Dana Point, California, a Los Angeles suburb, has a gated community called Lantern Bay.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Suburban Segregation The modern residential suburb is segregated in two ways cont’d.: Land Uses Residents are separated from commercial and manufacturing activities that are confined to compact, distinct areas. Zoning ordinances enacted in the early 20th century have contributed most notably to the segregation of land uses associated with suburban areas.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Urban Transportation Motor Vehicles Cars and trucks permitted large-scale development of suburbs at greater distances from the city center. Motor vehicles use a considerable amount of space in U.S. cities. An average city allocated about ¼ of its land to roads and parking lots. Multilane freeways cut a 23-meter (75-foot) path through the heart of a city, and elaborate interchanges consume even more space. Valuable land in the central city is devoted to parking cars and trucks.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Urban Transportation The Car of the Future Motor vehicles are one of the greatest challenges to reducing pollution in congested urban areas. Automakers are scrambling to bring alternative-fuel vehicles to the market. Diesel Diesel engines burn fuel more efficiently. Biodiesel fuel can be produced partly with vegetable oils or recycled restaurant grease. Hybrid Energy that would be otherwise wasted when coasting and braking is reduced, because an electric engine takes over during those instances.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Urban Transportation The Car of the Future Ethanol Fuel made by distilling crops, such as sugarcane, corn, and soybeans. Critics question whether the amount of energy put into growing the crops is not equal to, if not more than, the amount of energy derived from them as fuel. Plug-In Hybrid Electric motor supplies the power at all speeds. Gas engine can recharge the battery, as well as plugging the car into an electrical outlet. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hydrogen forced through a PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane or proton exchange membrane) combines with oxygen from the air, producing an electric charge.

Fig. 13-37 Figure 13-40 PLUG-IN HYBRID Chevrolet Volt cars are being recharged outside the factory in Detroit where they are assembled.

Fig. 13-38 Figure 13-41 ELECTRICITY BY U.S. STATE Dependency on nonrenewable and polluting fossil fuels to generate electricity varies widely among states.

Why Are Urban Areas Expanding? Urban Transportation Public Transit Benefits In larger cities, public transit is better suited than motor vehicles to move large numbers of people, because each transit traveler takes up less space. More cost effective than privately operated vehicles Emits relatively less pollutants than privately operated vehicles More energy efficient than privately operated vehicles Limitations Most people in the U.S. overlook the benefits of public transit, because they place higher value on the privacy and flexibility of schedule offered by a car. Not offered in most U.S. cities

Fig. 13-39 Figure 13-38 BOSTON PUBLIC TRANSIT Boston’s subway system, known as “the T,” includes heavy rail (top) and light rail (bottom).

Why Do Cities Face Challenges? Urban Economic Challenges The Impact of the Recession Housing market collapse in 2008 was one of principal causes of the severe recession. Lower assessed values of houses led to lower tax revenues acquired from property taxes. When borrowers cease paying their mortgages, lenders can take over the property in what is called a foreclosure.