1. Adrienne O’Neill Fall 2008 Energy Technology and Policy

2. Austin Population Growth Source: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/demographics/

3. Austin Student Demographics UT enrollment 1960:20,396 1975:42,589 2008:50,006 2005 Campus Area Housing UT campus:7K West Campus:12K North Campus: 5K Total=35K West Campus zoning Many years of latent demand http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/demographics/

4. Current West Campus development http://austinzoning.typepad.com/austincontrarian/2008/01/west- campus.html South area of West Campus North area of West Campus

5. The US has a lot of land http://www.radicalcartography.net/density-values.png By 2050, US estimated population will be 420 million, (www.census.gov)www.census.gov 100 million more people must be added to urban areas

6. Density Issues  Lower Urban Density (sprawl)  Imperative for car usage, higher daily vehicle miles traveled per capita  Decreased car gas mileage due to congestion  Public transportation is inefficient  Higher Infrastructure costs  Roads (asphalt)  Water conveyance (pumping and materials)  Single Family homes have poor energy efficiency compared to multi-family  Surface area, materials use, capital energy cost  Sprawl displaces farming, higher food transportation costs to the urban area

7. Road Transportation and Density  http://www.worldwatch.org/ node/1730

8. Density and Walking/Public Transportation http://austinzoning.typepad.com/austincontra rian/2008/09/the-association-between- density-and-mode-of-commuting.html

9. Barcelona vs. Atlanta Source: Bertaud

10. Examples  Development principles  New Urbanism  Smart Growth  Cities that have changed development patterns  Curitiba  Portland Questions?

11. References  Austin Contrarian (austinzoning.typepad.com/)austinzoning.typepad.com/  City of Austin Demographer (www.ci.austin.tx.us/demographics)www.ci.austin.tx.us/demographics  WorldWatch Institute (www.worldwatch.org)www.worldwatch.org  Burchell, Robert. “The Costs of Sprawl- Revisited”  Alain Bertaud. “The Spatial Organization of Cities: Deliberate Outcome or Unforeseen Consequence?”