Suburb

developments also made it possible to build newer homes on the farmland that was not accessible before. Urban sprawl has decreased a lot of inner city dwellings since most people moved into the new suburbs to enjoy a better and more spacious lifestyle. People in the inner city also moved to the suburbs to escape from the crowd, traffic…

For the past few decades, suburbanization of population and employment has been easily observed in large metropolitan areas all over the world, which is generally referred to as “sprawl”. This phenomenon has accompanied not only the spatial redistribution of population, but also the geographical relocation of firms, which has brought about several urban problems – for instance, severe traffic congestion due to the growing distance between jobs and housing, inefficient energy consumption due to…

harmful gases being emitted in these suburbs, “Sprawl contributes to more driving and more pollution, especially heat trapping gases” (Borenstein). Air pollution, along with sedentary, car-dominated lifestyles are very harmful to human beings and has been know to increase chances of hypertension, arthritis, headaches, breathing difficulties, and other chronic health problems (Wilson). Because of these numerous health problems that can come along with living in the suburbs, people who live in…

The close of WWII created the phenomon of sprawl in the United States. Urban sprawl existed long before this time but the U.S. took this idea and ran with it. Social needs and economic policies ramped up the spread of domestic sprawl. There are volumes of research that link urban sprawl with increased vehicle travel, material use, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. Although there is a considerable amount of empirical data that coorelates these increases from an urban sprawl…

Since its inception America has been viewed as a land of opportunity and a land of freedom, a land in which anyone can make it big and achieve their wildest dreams. Many have come to America’s shores in search of this prosperity, some have succeeded and some have failed. The cycle of people trying and failing to achieve their American Dream is one that has disenfranchised some, however this issue has existed in the past as it does in the present. For example, Arthur Miller’s Death of Salesman…

economic and political factors have led to an invasion of the inner city. The changing political climate of the 1950s and 60s played a role in gentrification of neighborhoods. Since there became less prejudice, more blacks were able to move to the suburbs and whites stopped rejecting the ideal of moving to the inner city. In addition to this, there was a decreasing availability of suburban land and an inflation in suburban housing costs since everyone was moving there, which also led to…

In this section, we discuss the relationship between congestion and regional growth by focusing on the estimation results. As shown in figure 3, we predict how growth of population and employment density change in the 86 largest U.S. metropolitan area when the congestion growth changes. Figure 3 presents that population growth of the largest U.S. cities would decline, whereas employment growth would continue to increase when congestion growth increases. These results indicate that population…

introduction of houses made from prefabricated parts allowed for entire new neighborhoods to be built in a short amount of time. Along with all these advances came a shift of the population out of downtown areas and into the surrounding areas in the suburbs, where the land was cheap and the taxes were low. Parkways and highways connected these different parts of the cities, increasing…

Walking down the sidewalks of Roland Park and Middle East, you can clearly see an inequality between their neighbourhood resources and the implications of the communities’ respective histories. Whereas Middle East seems to be experiencing a period of revitalization, clearly spearheaded by the nearby Johns Hopkins institutions, Roland Park portrays a stable, deep-rooted past of affluency. These physical conditions impact the wellbeing of residents and thus fall under the umbrella term of social…

fighting to halt the evolution of Bensenville from a great place to live and raise your family, into the pass-through city, which it is now quickly becoming. Despite all of the changes Bensenville is close to many attractions in Chicago and around the suburbs. Foodies can enjoy countless…