1. Sustainable Cities G. Tyler Miller’s Living in the Environment 14 th Edition Chapter 25 G. Tyler Miller’s Living in the Environment 14 th Edition Chapter 25

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 areas  Rural areas  Villages  Cities  Urban growth: natural increase and immigration  Push and pull factors

7. 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

8. Urbanization in the US  Migration to large central cities  Migration from cities to suburbs  Migration from north and east to south and west  Migration from urban to rural areas  Spatial patterns of development (see Fig. 25-4 p. 566)

9. Major Urban Regions in the US Fig. 25-4 p. 566

11. Impacts of Urban Sprawl Fig. 25-6 p. 567

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

13. Urban Areas: Inputs and Outputs Fig. 25-8 p. 569

14. Urban Poor in Developing Countries  Slums  Squatter settlements  Shantytowns  Illegal settlements  Poverty and unemployment  Slums  Squatter settlements  Shantytowns  Illegal settlements  Poverty and unemployment

15. Transportation and Urban Development  Individual transit  Mass transit  Buses  Trains  Automobiles (See Pro/Con p. 572-573)

21. Urban Land-Use Planning and Control  Land-use planning  Property taxes  Zoning  Smart growth  Urban growth boundary  Cluster development (See Fig. 25-18 p. 579)  Greenbelts

23. Greenbelts Fig. 25-17 p. 579

24. Cluster Housing Fig. 25-18 p. 579

25. Solutions: Making Urban Areas More Livable and Sustainable  New cities and towns  Ecocity (green city)  Trees and climate-specific landscaping  People-oriented  High energy efficiency