1. Geography Alive Chapter 5
Urban Sprawl
Geography Alive
Chapter 5

2. 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.

3. Sprawl moves from the center out
In which circle would the suburbs lie?

4. Metropolitan Areas
Metropolitan areas are where 80% of the people in the United States and Canada live.

5. Problems with Urban Sprawl
Loss of habitat
Pollution
Traffic jams
Higher taxes
Can you think of others?
Toronto, Ontario
1999

6. Urbanization in First and Third World Countries
Third World (undeveloped)
First World (developed)

7. 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?

8. What is the trend?

9. How have the populations of these cities has grown over time?
Which city has seen the largest growth in urbanization?
Tokyo

10. The Fresh Prince of Urbanization

11. 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

12. Which is the trend in most countries?
people move into urban areas
people move to colder climates
people move to mountainous areas

13. 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

14. 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

15. True or False
Urbanization in third world countries often means slums are built on the edges of cities

16. Key term Notes
suburb an area of housing built at the edge of a city

17. Key term Notes metropolitan area
a major city and its surrounding suburbs