POPULATION DISTRIBUTION: URBAN LIVING & SUSTAINABLE CITIES

1/23/98


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POPULATION DISTRIBUTION: URBAN LIVING & SUSTAINABLE CITIES

HOW IS THE WORLDS POPULATION DISTRUBUTED BETWEEN RURAL & URBAN AREAS ?

URBAN GROWTH RATE

SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS PROBLEMS

URBAN GROWTH WHAT CAUSES ?

HOW URBANIZED IS THE UNITED STATES ?

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR URBAN PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES ?

WHAT ARE MAJOR SPATIAL PATTERNS OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT?

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URBAN RESOURCE & ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

WHY ARE TREES & FOOD PRODUCTION IMPORTANT IN CITIES ?

WHAT ARE THE WATER SUPPLY PROBLEMS OF CITIES ?

WHAT ARE THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS OF CITIES?

HOW SERIOUS IS URBAN NOISE POLLUATION ?

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PROLONGED EXPOSURE OF EXCESSIVE NOISE:

WAYS TO CONTROL NOISE

HOW DOES URBAN LIFE ACCECT HUMAN HEALTH ?

ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE LOSS OF RURAL LAND FERTILE SOIL AND WILDLIFE HABITATS AS CITIES EXPAND

TRANSPORTATION & URBAN DEVELOPMENT -- PROS AND CONS OF MOTOR VECHICLES

ADVANTAGES:

DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS ON PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT

ARE BICYCLING RIDING AND WALKING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CAR ?

WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF THE RAIL SYSTEM ?

PROS

CONS

WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF HIGH SPEED REGIONAL TRAINS ?

PROS AND CONS OF BUSES

URBAN LAND-USE PLANNING AND CONTROL

MAJOR REASON FOR UNCONTROLLED OR POORLY CONTROLLED URBAN GROWTH IN THE U.S.

WHAT IS ECOLOGICAL LAND USE PLANNING ?

HOW CAN LAND USE BE CONTROLLED ?

ZONING HELPS CONTROL GROWTH & PROTECT AREAS FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF:

IS ZONING USEFUL ?

Email: Santiago@cse.bridgeport.edu

Home Page: http://www.bridgeport.edu//~santiago

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