SOC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Smart Growth, New Urbanism, Urban Sociology
22 Dec 2017
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Loss of diversity in neighborhood businesses and residents. Conversion of residential units to commercial property. Decrease in social services for lower-income residence. Cities, the environment and the sustainable development rather metropolitian) problems. homes. When people become richer, they tend to consume more dwelling space and have larger. Environmental concerns include such concepts as sustainable development . In north america, large urban areas dominated by sprawl, low density and the car and its infrastructures have come under scrutiny in the context of sustainable development. Smart growth planning and transportation theory. If smart growth remains strongly economic, new urbanism is strongly urbanistic with its. When european cities were deliberately planned by governments after wwii, north emphasis on urban forms. Walking should play greater role in urban mobility. New urbanism promotes greater density and deeper diversity. Some regard it as more of a marketing strategy than a viable type of planning.
