Portland
Smart Growth
What is Portland’s solution?
Instead of building up, Toronto built out. Toronto now has to decide what to do about urban growth
What is Toronto's concern?
The amount of the cars traveling on the roads
What was causing the pollution in Atlanta?
a major population center made up of a large city and the smaller cities around it?
a major population center made up of a large city and the smaller cities around it
Urban sprawl in north america:where will it end?
what is the name of the unit?
Portland was scared that urban growth would eat up all the beautiful farmland
What is Portland’s concern?
Ontario
What province is Toronto in?
Public Transit System
What is Atlanta solution?
infill
infill the process of filling in empty or run-down parts of a city with new development.
Expedia
What was the travel site we watched when we were introduced into all cities?
Willamette Valley
What is the valley in Portland?
Land Use Plan/25% of the city new development and the rest of the city infill
What is Toronto's solution?
Federal Highway Funds
What would Atlanta lose if it didn’t meet the Clean Air Act Standards?
Suburbs
A developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes.
New York City
what is the most populated metropolitan city/area in the U.S.?
Portland citizens are annoyed that they don’t get to choose where to live due to the boundaries
How do people feel about the urban growth boundaries in Portland
CN Tower
What is the tower in Toronto called?
rapid growth led to major traffic jams
What was Atlanta's concerns?
public transit system
a network of buses, trains, and other vehicles used for moving passengers
Governor Roy Barnes
what is the name of the governor of atlanta in 1998?
City Of Roses
What is Portland’s nickname?
Hogtown
What is Torontos nickname?
MARTA(The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
What is the name of atlanta's transit system
mixed used development
Development that combines housing and businesses
Why does spatial inequality exist in urban areas.
What is the essential question for Mexico's cities unit