LA - PMWC

• What is the area called which is a good example of a fortress landscape?

  Beverly Hills
• What are 3 celebrities that live in Beverly Hills?

  Kim Kardashion, Leonardo Dicaprio, Adele
• what is the poor area of LA called?

  Skid Row
• Why can LA be seen as a post modern western city?

  economic inequality and social segregation
• Why is LA argued to not be a post modern western city?

  low rise buildings and urban sprawl instead of building up
• population of LA?


  24 million people
• what percentage of people use public transport in LA?

  4%
• How many people rely on cars as the main source of transport?

  10 million
• How much waste is produced per day in LA?

  50,000 tonnes
• How can LA become more sustainable?

  The Progressive Los Angeles Network (PLAN)
• How many point agendas are there on the 'PLAN'?

  21
• what issues does the 'PLAN' focus on?

  transport, food, economic development and housing
• What was built to avoid traffic in LA?

  large highway to the hills that avoids the poor areas
• What is skid row known for?

  homelessness and drugs
• how many homeless people live in LA?

  42,000
• how many homeless people are on skid row?

  over 25,000
• what is the poverty rate in LA?

  19%
• What is the GDP of LA

  $700 billion per year