1. For the Urbanization II Test
Suburbanization II
For the Urbanization II Test

2. Suburbs and inner cities
Suburban residents and jobs came from somewhere
Growth now limited to suburbs
Segregation by class, race
Falling tax income, rising service needs
Spatial mismatch: jobs moved, poor didn’t

3. Suburbs and inner cities Income Disparity

4. Suburbs and inner cities Income Disparity

5. Suburbs and inner cities Income Disparity

6. Suburbs and inner cities Racial Disparity

7. Suburbanization and Technology
Suburbanization happens because of transportation technology
Cars and Freeways
Mass Transit

8. Tokyo Mass Transit System

9. Houston Mass Transit System

10. Suburbs and inner cities
But agglomeration still matters
And immigrants still arrive in cities
Increasing redevelopment of downtowns
LoDo in Denver
Battery Park in NYC
Jack London Square in Oakland
Train station in Sacramento

11. Multicultural Harris County More areas not dominated by a single race

12. Suburbs and inner cities
People still want to live in or near the city
immigrants still arrive in cities
Increasing redevelopment of downtowns
LoDo –Lower Downtown Denver
Battery Park in NYC
Jack London Square in Oakland
The Heights in Houston

13. MEGALOPOLIS
A chain of metropolitan areas

14. Megalopolis Sometimes called Bos-Wash From Boston, MA to Washington DC
Population of over 52 million people

15. Megalopolis Population Density Map

16. Compare to this Texas Population Density Map

17. Largest Cities in the World Including neighboring metro areas
1. Tokyo, Japan – 34.4 million**
2. Guangzhou, China – 25.4 million
3. Seoul, South Korea – 25.2 million
4. Shanghai, China – 24.9 million
5. New Delhi, India – 23.5 million
6. Mumbai, India – 23.2 million
7. Mexico City, Mexico – 23 million**
8. New York City, USA – 22 million**
9. Sao Paulo, Brazil – 21 million**
12. Los Angeles, USA – 18.1 million
27. Chicago, USA – 9.5 million
48. Dallas/Ft Worth, USA – 6.7 million
57. Houston, USA – 6.1 million**
** Need to know