My paper focuses on the problems related to sustainability associated with American suburbia and solutions for these issues. I have lived in both urban and suburban settings and am interested in researching the fundamental differences between the two lifestyles and acknowledging advantages and disadvantages of each.
While it has been predicted that more and more young couples will decide to raise their children in urban settings, the actual numbers lag behind predictions as the young couples return to suburbia. I will research what attracts people to suburbia for family building and search for solutions to recreate these qualities in a more sustainable urban environment. If a generation could be made to break the pattern of their parents …show more content…
At a minimum, this can cause an area to get several degrees warmer with the heat island effect than neighboring land. This leads to more air conditioning and augmented energy demand. At a larger scale this can lead to strain on or extinction of species. It also pushes farms further away from cities requiring more fuel to be used to transport food to the city.
Where does suburbanism come from?
This timeline follows the United States of America from its roots as a largely agrarian nation to a nation of cities and suburbs.
• In 1850, North America is overwhelmingly rural and agricultural. Fewer than ten percent of the United States’ population live in metropolitan areas, comprised of cities together with adjacent suburbs.
• A transportation revolution occurs in the late nineteenth century as amazing new technologies facilitate the expansion and decentralization of the walking city. This triples the reach of commuters and dramatically alters patterns of urban development to favor suburbanism.
• In 1908, suburbanism is facilitated with Henry Ford’s Model T. While the automobile had already been around for decades, the competitive pricing of the Model T makes automobiles widely available and eventually more of a commodity than a
While it has been predicted that more and more young couples will decide to raise their children in urban settings, the actual numbers lag behind predictions as the young couples return to suburbia. I will research what attracts people to suburbia for family building and search for solutions to recreate these qualities in a more sustainable urban environment. If a generation could be made to break the pattern of their parents …show more content…
At a minimum, this can cause an area to get several degrees warmer with the heat island effect than neighboring land. This leads to more air conditioning and augmented energy demand. At a larger scale this can lead to strain on or extinction of species. It also pushes farms further away from cities requiring more fuel to be used to transport food to the city.
Where does suburbanism come from?
This timeline follows the United States of America from its roots as a largely agrarian nation to a nation of cities and suburbs.
• In 1850, North America is overwhelmingly rural and agricultural. Fewer than ten percent of the United States’ population live in metropolitan areas, comprised of cities together with adjacent suburbs.
• A transportation revolution occurs in the late nineteenth century as amazing new technologies facilitate the expansion and decentralization of the walking city. This triples the reach of commuters and dramatically alters patterns of urban development to favor suburbanism.
• In 1908, suburbanism is facilitated with Henry Ford’s Model T. While the automobile had already been around for decades, the competitive pricing of the Model T makes automobiles widely available and eventually more of a commodity than a