1. Monday, April 11 Urban Problems

2. Monday, April 11 Directions: Staying in your same groups, break off into pairs. My two small groups, I will break you up just for the warm-up activity. City Models: You have 5 minutes to create…. Pair 1: Concentric Pair 2: Sector Pair 3: Multiple Nuclei When each pair is finished, look at each model and make a list of the similarities and differences.

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7. Thoughts! 1. Rank the QoL from 1 = best to 4=worst. Try to agree this with your partner and explain your reasons. 2. Which are in MEDCs and which are LEDCs? Why do you think this? 3. Which are 'central' to the town and which are on the edge? 4. Try to suggest one likely good feature of the QoL and one likely bad feature of the QoL for each place.

8. Problems faced in Urban Areas Urban problems in BIG CITIES of the DEVELOPED WORLD Why did people move from the countryside to the cities? Counter-urbanization: demographic and social process whereby people move from urban to rural areas. Available JobsBetter HousingBetter Services Higher Standard of Living

9. Urban problems vary depending on the place of the city that we are discussing. PROBLEMS IN THE CBD: Problems faced in Urban Areas SocialEconomicEnvironmental Homelessness Crime Really high land values Time lost by traffic congestion! Noise and air pollution Waste collection

10. Urban problems vary depending on the place of the city that we are discussing. PROBLEMS IN THE INNER-CITY: Gentrification: a process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominately low-income renter-occupied area to a predominately middle-class owner-occupied area Problems faced in Urban Areas SocialEconomicEnvironmental Racial tension Poor quality housing Vandalism & crime Lower standards of living Lack public services Unemployment Low incomes poverty Waste collection Noise & air pollution due to traffic Lack of parks

11. Where is this happening in Charlotte? Fourth Ward Dilworth Plaza Midwood

13. Costs and Benefits of Gentrification Rising Property Values Decline in Affordable Housing Displacement Homelessness Concentrated Urban Poverty Loss of “real” history Rejuvenates deteriorated urban core Generates rising tax base Generates service improvements Environmental Historic preservation Improved city image

14. Urban problems vary depending on the place of the city that we are discussing. PROBLEMS IN THE SUBURB: Urban Sprawl: the progressive spread of development over the landscape. Problems faced in Urban Areas SocialEconomicEnvironmental Crime Price of housing is increasing Commuting to the city is expensive Noise and air pollution due to traffic on main roads

15. Summit 800 is a 7.7-acre housing development of 182 town homes and condos built on a hillside on Brotherhood Way in San Francisco.

16. Urban Planners! Directions: In continuing to look at urban problems, each pair will choose one problem from a deck of cards and devise a solution for how to fix it! You will need: A sheet of white paper Technology Colored pencils, markers, pen/pencil! Do now: With your group, think about ways in which governments already deal with the problems that face major cities. What is working and not working? Maybe you have a better solution! Be creative! Think outside of the box! Problem Write out your solution. How will you implement? What do you need in order to put this into action? Illustration Problem Write out your solution. How will you implement? What do you need in order to put this into action? Illustration

17. #24: CASE STUDY! Directions: You are about to watch a case study on cities – focusing on Chicago and Boston. Each study looks at different problems occurring in our cities. Boston discusses the ethnic diversity of it’s city while Chicago looks at edge cities. As you are watching the case studies, please answer the questions on your notes sheet. Key U5 words: ChicagoBoston Empowerment Zone, Neighborhood revitalization, GIS, relative location, CBD Urban to Suburban migration, Suburban sprawl, farmland loss, edge cities