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Question 1
1.

List at least three observations from the initial map, Earth at Night.

Click the content box and check the megacities box. Select show legend for this box.

Question 2
2.

What is a megacity?

Question 3
3.

Using the Details pane, click the button, Show Contents Of Map. Click the checkbox to the left of the layer name, World Urban Sprawl.

Zoom in and out to view and explore some of these cities.
Question 4
4.

Describe urban sprawl.

Question 5
5.

Click the checkbox to the left of the layer name, Megacities.

Question 6
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Question 7
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Question 8
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Question 9
9.

Describe the ways Singapore is managing the extremely limited resources of traffic.

Question 10
10.

Describe the ways Singapore is managing the extremely limited resources of water.

Question 11
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Question 12
12.

Describe how zoning is involved in the affordability of living in Houston.

Question 13
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Question 14
14.

Describe what Detroit has done to increase redevelopment and why these changes were necessary.

Question 15
15.

1. Many other cities, such as Los Angeles are upping the ante on hotels, venues, and even public transportation. For each of the following urban innovation strategies, explain how they may make cities more sustainable. Sustainability practices reduce pollution/greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy efficiency, reduces the amount of resources used, and provide ecosystem services (air and water purification, nutrient cycling, waste treatment, etc.)

Find answers on your own.

Question 16
16.

Explain how cities are trying to increase traffic to downtown areas (through improved attractions, hotels, restaurants, shows, conventions, sporting events).

Question 17
17.

Explain why cities are making venues conveniently close together.

Question 18
18.

Explain why cities are building taller and more compact buildings that have mixed-use development

Question 19
19.

Explain why cities are improving public transit with light rail-cars to make travel between areas of interest fast and carless.

Question 20
20.

Explain why cities are adding rooftop gardens.

What are some possible characteristics of a megacity?
A dense population center
Open areas of land with few houses
A large surface footprint
An extensive transportation system
Which of the following factors contributed to sprawl in the United States?
Increased highway construction
White flight (moving of white people to the suburbs)
More affordable automobiles
Cheap mortgages on new construction
Decreasing costs of living in the city
Where are most megacities located?
Europe
North America
Southeast Asia and India
South America
Which of the follow is NOT a potential negative effects related to urban sprawl?
Traffic congestion
Pollution
Land consumption
Better schools
What are urban planners trying to balance?
Money and pollution
Traffic congestion and open space
Growth and quality of life
Well-being and budgets
What are some factors that contributed to Houston’s growth spurt?
Medical center jobs
Busy port
Oil industry bust
Affordable housing
What are some ways Medellin has invested in its poorest districts and why do you think neighborhood development of this nature benefits cities as a whole?
Improving the poorer parts increases taxes
Improving the poorer parts helps people make money
Improving the poorer parts costs too much money
Improving the poorer parts helps the whole city succeed
How has Vancouver improved walkability and what are the benefits?
Roads favor pedestrians and encourage walking within the dense business district
Roads favor cars and make it more dangerous to walk
They built a tunnel subway that protects pedestrials from cold weather so more people walk
They built an extensive water ferry system to transport cars and reduce greenhouse gases