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MANAGING GROWTH IN PORTLAND, OREGON

What is an urban growth boundary (UGB)?

What is the purpose of UBGs? What are the pros and cons of

UBGs? What are “urban reserves”? What are “rural reserves”?

SCALE OF URBANIZATION

1. Does most of the world live in rural or urban areas?

2. What drives the shift from rural to urban living?

3. What is the shift from rural to urban living changing the fastest?

4. What type of factors influence the location and growth of cities?

5. What is are “suburbs”?

Figure 13.1 page 346

FACTORS INFLUENCING URBAN GROWTH

21 MEGACITIES HOME TO 10 MILLION RESIDENTS OR

MORE

SUBURBAN SPRAWL

6. What is the definition of “sprawl”?7.Two main causes of sprawl – human

population growth and each person takes of more land

8.Why is the per capita land consumption increasing? ( page 349)

9.Impacts of sprawl:TransportaionPollutionHealthLand useEconomics

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CREATING LIVABLE CITIES

10. What is involved with city (urban) planning?

11. How is regional planning different from city planning?

12. What is “zoning”?Figure 13.8 Page 355

SMART GROWTH AND NEW URBANISM

DO WE HAVE ANY PLACES IN CHARLOTTE LIKE THIS?

TRANSPORTATION

13. Why has the U.S. not invested in more mass transit?

14. What are the advantages of using mass transit?

Figure 13.11 Page 358

URBAN PARKS

15. What are the benefits of urban parks? (page 359)

16. What are “greenways”?

17. What are the ecological benefits of having greenways?

18. What are “greenbelts”?

URBAN SUSTAINABILITY19. Pros…. Efficiency Land

preservation Fosters

innovation

20. Cons….Resource sinksMore consumptionExport waste and pollutionAir pollutionNoise pollutionLight pollutionUrban heat island effect

Figure 13.18 Page 362

ECOSYSTEM-CENTERED MODEL

Maximize efficient use of resources Recycle as much as possible Develop environmentally friendly technologies Account fully for external costs Offer tax incentives to encourage sustainable

practices Use locally produced resources Use organic waste and wastewater to restore

soil fertility Encourage urban agriculture

GREEN BUILDINGS

21. What are features of a green building design?

22. What is the LEED program?

Table 13.4 Page 366

GREEN ROOF ON CHICAGO’S CITY HALL