Variety of Environments
Megacities have a population over?
10 Million
Our case study for this was based on Pilsen in Chicago
Gentrification
UHIE stands for?
Urban Heat Island Effect
What is a natural type of risk cities could face?
- Tsunamis
- Floods
- Wild Fires
- Earthquakes
- Global Warming/ Climate related stress
The location of a place in relative to other places
Situation
Spontaneous urban development is?
Urban Sprawl
When birth rates exceed the death rates in a particular population
Natural Increase
Green Roofing/Green Enveloping
What is a human-made risk cities could face?
-corruption
-crime
-terrorism
-low healthcare access
- homelessness
-unemployment
-poor quality schools
-infrastructure failures
What is White Flight?
working and middle-class white people move away from racial-minority suburbs or inner-city neighborhoods to white suburbs and exurbs
There are two causes of urbanization. What are they?
Rural to Urban Migration
Natural Increase
Removal of heavy duty industry in an area
Deindustrialization
Cities tend to have less reflective materials (lots of dark surfaces, less snow, less vegetation) which means more heat is absorbed. This concept of reflectivity of surfaces is called what?
Albedo
The city and country we studied for Traffic Management
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Distinguish between push and pull factors when it comes to migration and give examples of each
Push Factors are the reasons people leave their current residence. They are usually negative. Examples: Too much traffic, high crime, low employment opportunities
Pull Factors are the reasons people move into new locations. They are usually positive. Examples: Better quality of life, better education, more money
The land use model known for it's concentric rings and based initially on Chicago
Burgess Model (Concentric Zone Model)
The idea that people tend to move multiple times throughout their lifetimes, even if it's within the same city, depending on their life circumstances at the time.
Family Life Cycle
What is two ways traffic congestion could be managed?
- Better Public Transit Systems
- Carpooling/ sharing/ park & rides
- Toll charges
- Bicycle networks
- Reducing speed limit
- More traffic lights
- Pedestrian only plazas/ car-free zones (Super Blocks)
This shows how much economic output 279 cities would lose annually on average (GDP@Risk) from 22 man-made and natural threats.
Lloyd's City Risk Index
The movement of people back into an area that was previously abandoned
Re-urbanization
The Multiple Nuclei Model is called this because it can have multiple what?
CBDs (Central Business Districts)
This is the name for "inward movements" and can include rural to urban migration, gentrification, and urban renewal.
Centripetal Movement
Name the city used for our Air Pollution case study and describe 1 health and 1 economic impact of air pollution on it's residents
Delhi India
Health: babies born with low birth weights, tumors. Increased levels of respiratory illness and asthma, lowered life expectancy
Economic: lowered working days due to days with high levels of pollution, less tourism because people don't want to visit if there's a lot of pollution, increased health care spending
What is a Resilient City?
Capacity of individuals (systems) within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stressors they experience.
The term for visiting impoverished areas- when poverty is turned into entertainment
Slum Tourism or Poverty Tourism