Urban+Sprawl+Introduction

== = INTRODUCTION AND GEOGRAPHY SECTION 5.1-5.2 =

INTRODUCTION: For many decades, urban development in the United States and Canada has been moving out from cities to suburbs. Developers replaced open space with mile upon mile of housing tracts, shopping centers, and office parks. the rapid and often poorly planned spread of cities and suburbs is know as urban sprawl.

THE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING :
The L.A metropolitan area is growing by more than 200,000 new residents in a year. Today 8 out of 10 people in the United States and Canada live in a metropolitan area.

=THE OLD WALKING CITY/THE URBAN CORE: = At the time, cities were small enough for people to get around by horse, or on foot. people often think of this Urban Core as their city's "downtown" or business district. oldest cities found during colonial times are Canadian and America.By 1890s many cities were bursting. == SUBURBS AROUND THE CITY/THE URBAN FRINGE: ==

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By the 1920's, cars were becoming part of american life, and highway construction started as drivers, now in the millions. They demanded paved roads. As a car became common people began to build new housing areas farther away from the old Urban Core. =====

1920s cars were becoming part of Americans life's and they start building highways.House where starting to be built far away from the city.People and business start to move out the urban core.
== WHERE CITY MEETS COUNTRY/THE RURAL FRINGE: == As populations grew, more and more of the rural fringe is developed. New names, schools, shopping centers ext. developed it seamed almost as if it was finished over night. Some people saw this growth as a sign of progress while others see it as a harmful Urban Sprawl. = VOCABULARY =

== SUBRUBS : a subrubs is an area of housing built at the edge of a city. ==

== METROPOLITASN AREA : a major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it. == ﻿Rural Fringe: The small towns, farms, and opens spaces that lie just beyond a city's suburbs  Urban core: The older part of a big city.Often the urban core serves as the downtown or central business district of a city  Urban sprawl: The rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urbanarea outward into rural area outward into rural areas

1.) By what year did the car's become part of Americans life?
 A.1900  B.1920  C.1940  D.1950

2.)How much is the L.A. metropolitan growing each year? <span style="color: #0669d8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;"> A.)100,000 <span style="color: #0669d8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;"> B.)50,000 <span style="color: #0669d8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;"> C.)200,000 <span style="color: #0669d8; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;"> D.)250,000

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