1. Urban Sprawl Warm Up p. 47 Urban Rural Create a 4 square positive
negative

2. Urban Sprawl
p. 51

3. Urban Sprawl
The rapid and often poorly planned spread of cities

4. Essential Question
How does urban sprawl affect people and the planet?

5. Metropolitan Area
A major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it.

6. Metropolitan Area
8 out of 10 people in US and Canada live in metropolitan areas.

7. Suburbs
An area of housing built at the edge of a city

8. Suburbs
Developers buy up farmland or forested areas and replace it with houses, shopping centers, and offices.

9. How are cities built?

11. Urban Core Oldest cities were founded during colonial times
The transportation was horse or foot so the city was in one compact area

12. Urban Core
Today this area is a city’s downtown or business district

13. Urban Core
Horses were replaced by electric streetcars and commuter trains

14. Urban Core
People built around lines and the core grew out around lines

15. Urban Fringe In the 1920s cars started to be used
People could commute along highways

16. Urban Fringe Built houses farther away – These were the suburbs
Some businesses moved too

17. Urban Fringe
Led to decay in older city neighborhoods

18. Rural Fringe
Small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond a city’s suburbs

19. Rural Fringe
Stay connected to city by roads and highways

20. Rural Fringe
As population grows, more rural fringe is developed

22. So is the growth of cities a sign of progress or is it harmful?
Some people argue against urban growth while some argue for it.

23. Create a T-Chart Arguments for Urban Growth
Arguments against Urban Growth

24. Arguments For
Urban Growth

25. Arguments For Urban Growth
Develop empty land outside a city
Rural land is less expensive
Suburbs are a better place to raise a family
New housing creates jobs and spend money in other areas
New homes puts more money in taxes

26. Arguments Against
Urban Growth

28. Against Urban Growth Building on empty land destroys habitats
More spread out = more cars
Traffic jams
Pollution
Taxes rise in small towns to pay for roads and schools

29. Create a T-Chart Arguments for Urban Growth
Arguments against Urban Growth
Building on empty land destroys habitats
More spread out = more cars
Traffic jams
Pollution
Taxes rise in small towns to pay for roads and schools
Develop empty land outside a city
Rural land is less expensive
Suburbs are a better place to raise a family
New housing creates jobs and spend money in other areas
New homes puts more money in taxes

30. Global Connections