1. 13-3 & 4 Issues of Inner Cities and Suburbs in the U.S.

2. Review – Complete the following sentences:
A) For the last 50 years, the largest intraregional migration in the United States is from ………… to ………….
B) People made this move because………………

3. Answers:
A) For the last 50 years, the largest intraregional migration in the United States is from urban to suburban
B) People made this move because they want a change of lifestyle (yards, space, less crowded, less crime, etc.) or due to white flight
(do NOT move for jobs usually)

4. C) What type of “Distribution” has this caused?
Middle & Upper Class
Poor people
CBD

5. Separation by income has reinforced separation by race as well
Why?

6. II. Inner-City A) Economic Problems
1) Concentration of low-income residents leads to
lower income from taxes
for the city
greater need for services
for the residents
Cities have either raise taxes or lower services – which one usually happens??????????????

7. 2) Services often go first
Examples:
Close libraries
Less trash pick-up
Fix roads less often
Don’t update schools
Leads to a cycle – causes more middle/upper
class to move to suburbs – cities get
even poorer because now these taxes leave!

8. Liberty City vs. Weston

9. B) Physical Problems
1) Deterioration – Oldest Residential area of the City

10. 2) Lead/environmental hazards

11. C) Social Problems
1) Permanent Underclass

12. 2) Many others… Crime/Drugs/Alcohol abuse Homelessness
Underfunded Schools
Lack of Consumer Services (Grocery Stores, Doctors, Dentists, etc.)

13. 3)

14. Although the Concentric Zone model is often used, in today’s America which model BEST describes actual racial distribution?
A) VonThunen’s Agricultural Model
B) Hoyt Sector Model
C) Harris Multiple Nuclei Model
D) Smith Social Area Analysis Model
E) McNeal Chicago City Model

15. Sector Model

16. C) Strategies to Improve Cities
What City?
1 – Public Housing (US/UK)
2 – Urban Renewal
Miami!!! TO

17. 3) Encourage Gentrification

18. A LITTLE REVIEW!
A) In the last 50 years, the largest intraregional migration in the United States is from _____to_____.
B) People made this move because …
However, there are still “problems”
associated with Suburbs.

19. III. Problems of Suburbs
A) The Peripheral Model (AKA Galactic Model)

20. Ring Road Edge Cities
Williams
Town
City of
Roopchand
Saco
Estates

21. B) Density Gradient
Density declines as you move further from CBD (basic rule) but has changed over time.

22. C) Suburban “Sprawl” 1 – Definition – progressive spread of
Development over the landscape

23. 2) Problems of Sprawl
pockets of development/pockets of open space cause:
more expensive services (roads) wastes land (agricultural)
wastes energy (car needed more)

24. 3 – In Europe…

25. 4 – Smart Growth

26. IV. Interaction CBD, Inner-City and Suburbs
A) Historically, city growth was limited because people had to ….

27. Today, It’s all about the ______!

28. If you can afford one….

29. B) Cars 1) caused suburban explosion
2) universal ownership in USA except
(95% of trips) (majority for???)
3) interstates and cheap gas
4) 25% of land in cities
5) MDC’s future (smart highways)

30. What City?
I love Miami!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

32. C) Public Transportation(USA)
1 – Rush-hour Commuting
2 – Advantages of public transport:
Because each traveler takes up less space –
Cheaper
Less polluting
Energy-Efficient

33. 3) Americans
Will not give up
Cars!
Why?

34. Consider….
Average American spends over 36 hours a year sitting in traffic jams.
Yet public transportation has been reduced in the
United States!

35. 4) One Exception – “Rapid” Transit (Subways, trolley, light rail)
These are
being built in
the US city
most infamous
for traffic
jams?
Los Angeles, CA

36. 5) Inner-City/Suburban Connection

37. D) Public Transportation is MUCH BETTER. Why? (Europe/Japan)
What City??
London!!!

38. The End!
What are these people doing anyway??