1. Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use and Management
G. Tyler Miller’s
Living in the Environment
13th Edition
Chapter 25
Dr. Richard Clements
Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Modified by Charlotte Kirkpatrick

2. Key Concepts Distribution of urban and rural populations
Factors determining urban development
Resource and environmental problems in urban areas
Effects of transportation systems on urban growth
Planning and controlling urban growth
Making cities more sustainable and desirable

3. Urbanization and Urban Growth
Urban (metropolitan) area
Rural area
Village
City
Degrees of urbanization
Urban growth: natural increase and immigration

4. Patterns of Urban Growth
Increasing proportion of population
Great increase in large cities (>1,000,000)
Increasing rapidly in developing counties
Urban growth slower in developed countries
Poverty in urban areas increasing (See Spotlight p. 663)

5. Cities over 10 million

6. Urbanization in the US Migration to large central cities
Migration from cities to suburbs
Migration from north and east to south and west
Urban sprawl
Spatial patterns of development (see Fig p. 667)

7. Urban Sprawl

8. Concentration/Distribution of People in US

9. Major Urban Regions in the US
Fig. 25-6
p. 665

10. Megalopolis

11. Impacts of Urban Sprawl
Fig. 25-8
p. 666

12. Urban Resource and Environmental Problems
Air and water pollution; waste management
Reduction in vegetation
Importation of food, energy, and materials
Climate impacts: urban heat island
Noise pollution
Impacts on surrounding rural areas

13. Urban Areas: Inputs and Outputs
Fig p. 669

14. Urban Heat Island
Fig p. 670

15. Noise Pollution

16. Transportation and Urban Development
Individual transit
Mass transit
Buses
Trains
Automobiles (See Pro/Con p. 673)

17. Urban Land-Use Planning and Control
Land-use planning (See Case Study p. 677)
Ecological land-use planning (See Solutions p. 681)
Property taxes
Zoning
Smart growth
Urban growth boundary
Cluster development (See Fig p. 682)
Greenways

23. Solutions: Making Urban Areas More Livable and Sustainable
New cities and towns
Ecocity (green city)
Trees and climate-specific landscaping
People-oriented
People-involved
See Guest Essay p. 684