1.2 Urban Trends

• Urban sprawl refers to the expansion of urban areas into surrounding rural or natural land.


  True
• Arrange the urban trends in order of their common occurrence over time.

  1️⃣ Urbanization

  2️⃣ Urban sprawl

  3️⃣ Suburbanization

  4️⃣ Gentrification
• Gentrification is often driven by economic development and rising property values
• Why is understanding urban trends important?

  Managing city growth
• Urban sprawl involves the expansion of urban areas into rural or natural land
• Economic development and rising property values in urban areas are characteristic of gentrification
• What is a major cause of urbanization in developing countries?

  Population growth
• Urbanization can lead to the growth of slums and informal settlements.


  True
• Arrange the following urban planning strategies based on their primary goals:

  1️⃣ Compact Development: Limit urban sprawl and promote efficient land use

  2️⃣ Transit-Oriented Development: Reduce car dependency and improve connectivity

  3️⃣ Affordable Housing Policies: Address affordability and prevent displacement
• Affordable housing policies always guarantee long-term affordability of housing units.

  False
• What do urban trends refer to?

  Patterns in urban growth
• What is suburbanization?

  Movement to the suburbs
• Population growth is a major factor influencing urban trends.


  True
• Rural-to-urban migration is a primary cause of urbanization.

  True
• Population growth, migration, and economic development influence urban trends.


  True
• Improved transportation is a factor contributing to suburbanization.


  True
• Order the following urban trends based on their primary causes:

  1️⃣ Urbanization: Population growth and rural-to-urban migration

  2️⃣ Urban sprawl: Population growth and suburbanization

  3️⃣ Suburbanization: Desire for more space and cheaper land

  4️⃣ Gentrification: Economic development and higher-income influx
• Urban sprawl is driven by population growth and suburbanization
• What is a negative impact of urban sprawl?

  Loss of green spaces
• What is a potential challenge of compact development?

  Resistance to higher densities
• What is a positive impact of transit-oriented development?

  Improved connectivity
• Urbanization is the increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas
• Gentrification involves the transformation of a lower-income urban area into a higher-income one
• What is one cause of suburbanization?

  Cheaper suburban land
• Match the urban trend with its cause:

  Urbanization ↔️ Population growth

  Urban sprawl ↔️ Suburbanization

  Suburbanization ↔️ Lower-density living

  Gentrification ↔️ Rising property values
• What is the key characteristic of urbanization?

  Increased urban population
• What is a key driver of suburbanization?

  Desire for more space
• Urban trends are solely influenced by economic factors.

  False
• Match the urban trend with its potential impacts:

  Urbanization ↔️ Increased economic opportunities and overcrowding

  Urban sprawl ↔️ Affordable housing and loss of green spaces

  Suburbanization ↔️ Reduced congestion and social segregation

  Gentrification ↔️ Revitalization and displacement of residents
• Gentrification can result in the displacement of lower-income residents
• Transit-oriented development aims to improve connectivity and reduce car emissions