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Urban Sprawl

Tasnique often sprawls across desks in class despite being told not to by her teacher Mr. Gupton. The document asks questions about housing developments, suburbs, metropolitan populations, and reasons for city growth. It also discusses the concept of "urban sprawl" and potential issues it can create.

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Urban Sprawl

Tasnique often sprawls across desks in class despite being told not to by her teacher Mr. Gupton. The document asks questions about housing developments, suburbs, metropolitan populations, and reasons for city growth. It also discusses the concept of "urban sprawl" and potential issues it can create.

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Do Now: Tasnique often comes to class and sprawls out across the desks though Mr.

Gupton tells her daily not to. sing the sentence a!o"e and conte#t clues$ what does the word sprawl mean%

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(ow ha"e housing de"elopments typically !een named in )merica% +n your own words descri!e what a su!ur! is. The rapid and often poorly planned spread of cities and su!ur!s is known as/hat are the num!ers of people li"ing in metropolitan regions% /hy were cities !uilt so much smaller during colonial times% /hat changes allowed for the growth of cities in the &233s% +n your own words descri!e the ur!an fringe. /here 5ity Meets 5ountry: The 6ural 7ringe 8#plain what this means using e"idence from the reading. 9' +n your opinion$ can ur!an sprawl create issues% (ow so%

5ity :ptions: ;ortland$ :regon <os )ngeles$ 5alifornia =ancou"er$ 5anada Toronto$ 5anada )tlanta$ Georgia 6esearch: /hat is the name of your city% /hat is its population% /hat is ur!an sprawl% Does your city ha"e a little or a lot of ur!an sprawl% (ow so% /hat are some of the issues with its ur!an sprawl% >5ommute times$ traffic$ pollution$ etc.' /hat is the city trying to do a!out it% /hat has the city done in the past a!out it% :ptions:

http://www.kizoa.com/ http://www.prezi.com/ http://www.befunky.com/ PowerPoint Slideshow

Exit Ticket:
/hat is ur!an sprawl% Name a city in which you might find ur!an sprawl. Descri!e what it is like. Take 6oanoke 6apids as an e#ample and create your own "ersion of ur!an sprawl in the area.

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