Two causes for this being the fact that land and housing costs are cheaper compared to cities, and higher property and business taxes have pushed businesses to the suburbs where taxes are typically low. Some argue that this could be positive for the growth of a local economy or the fact that it will do nothing but ruin the environment around us. Destruction of animal and plant life, the pollution it brings to the air, and the natural beauty of the wildlife being destroyed are just some of the reasons why so many citizens are opposed to this idea of "Urban Sprawl". Rural living areas on the other hand are not so much frowned upon. Houses are spread vastly apart leaving abundant room for gardens and fields.
A similar effect has happened in the city of Exeter. In Exeter, there has been suburbanisation, but with the majority of those moving being businesses, not people. Businesses have moved from the inner city to the suburbs and this has caused lots of problems. Mainly, it has effected in the increased outward expansion of urban areas, reducing the amount of green sites in the area. Parts of the Green Belt are also being invaded as a result of the expansion.
When it comes to the issue of pollution, it effects the cities and suburbs both at different rates. Being in the city, there are a lot more people compacted into a much smaller area. This means that the more people you have with less space to put them in, most likely there will be a higher rate of pollution. Although this rate is much higher, they have a greater chance of reducing this rate because of the opportunities involved with living in a city. Most likely if you live in the city, you work in the city, so it would be easier to walk or bike to work.
1. Not enough public transportation – Rural, Suburban, or Urban Rural can be classified as in a small town or community in the country, not in or near a metropolitan area. Transportation in this area would be scarce due to the fact that rural areas are basically in the middle of nowhere and mostly in farming areas 2. Roads – Rural, Suburban, or Urban Roads in these areas are more likely to be driven on a lot due to urban areas being in the middle of a fairly large city and suburban areas are basically residential in a town and near a large city. Suburban: in a smaller municipality within a metropolitan region, but not the core city.
Is the use of flood plains inevitable in dealing with urban growth? Due to high demands for housing in certain areas, building on flood plains has become more common. A floodplain is part of a valley which floods regularly as a river bursts its banks. This has caused much disruption to many properties as flooding is becoming a regular occurrence in places such as Doncaster, Hull and Worcester. However the demand for affordable housing is still increasing, therefore building on floodplains is an obvious answer to this problem because they are cheap and have little agricultural value so the government are continuing to do so.
Lower Land prices: Developers are buying land further away from the inner rings of the Greater Golden Horseshoe, this is due to low purchase prices Single family homes: the fact that they are building on the outer lines of the GGH, it gives them to build housing in areas of low density zoning lower crime rate in the suburbs, How did we get to this point? Decades of neglect and lack of sufficient investment - Decades of neglect and
THE PROBLEM Homelessness Homelessness is a social problem intimately associated with urban areas and the resource limitations that exist because of a populous urban environment. Homelessness exists since college is less affordable for the average Indian than it is for the average North American or European citizen due to their lower per capita income level, more people in India are becoming unemployable for the jobs of the 21st century. Some people are homeless because they are uneducated, and they remain uneducated because they are homeless. This is the vicious cycle they are trapped in. An increasing number of migrants looking for employment and better living standards are quickly joining India's homeless population.
Due the cheap prices of the apartments in brutalist structures, a lot of people from the lower income class started moving in. It became a failure of positive communities early on which led later on to high criminal rates. Furthermore, there was a lack of community serving features which developed into claustrophobic tenements. Brutalist buildings were not only ugly in most people´s view but it also became a risk for the people´s life who decided to move into one of those
Informal activities in particular have seen a downturn. However, they are ones that we as Americans, engage in most often. This downward slide applies to cities because of certain urban characteristics. The city, due to the division of labor, increases the tendency to discontinue involvement in community affairs because of other obligations. Also, neighborhoods in the city do not promote community or a distinct feeling of a belonging simply due to the mass population.
Some of the interesting subjects in the documentary are how the permanent underclass came to be and how the low wages keep it in check. Back in the days, there were a lot of heavy industry in Chicago and many people worked in factories, where they had no need for education and many were not skilled. The times changed and it has become difficult to find jobs for those without an education and with few to no skills. The wages are kept low because of the high unemployment rates and even people with jobs live in poverty. The low wages keep people poor and the poor people keep the wages low.