Houston is located 165 miles (266 km) east of Austin,[42] 112 miles (180 km) west of the Louisiana border, and 250 miles (400 km) south of Dallas.[43] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 656.3 square miles (1,700 km2); this comprises 634.0 square miles (1,642 km2) of land and 22.3 square miles (58 km2) covered by water.[44] The Piney Woods are north of Houston. Most of Houston is located on the gulf coastal plain, and its vegetation is classified as temperate grassland and forest. Much of the city was built on forested land, marshes, swamp, or prairie which resembles the Deep South, and are all still visible in surrounding areas. The flatness of the local terrain, when combined with urban sprawl, has made
The title of the documentary is “Suburban America: Problems & Promises”. The intended audience for this documentary is individuals that do not know the history of how suburban areas came about, and how they have changed and grown dramatically over the years. It also explains the political impact that the growing suburban areas has on our government and how expanding these areas can change the outcome of an election. Suburban areas grew after the soldiers came home after WWII. Many suburban areas in the beginning were segregated.
When given the task to watch and understand the documentary "Suburban American: Problems and Promises" I was genuinely interested. Due to my interests in property development and real estate, I wanted to know the reasoning for why certain areas and region were considered appropriate locations for building a suburban neighborhood. Therefore, I started to realized that the audience that the movie was directed towards was people who are interested in the development of the Urban and Suburban areas of our previous and present generations. Also, this documentary should spark the interest in any American history fans, construction management and even people that are interested in civil rights movement. This documentary touches on all the reasons
Urban sprawl, where sprawl describes the shift towards lower city densities and expanding citie footprints (Nechyba and Walsh). Comparing the United States before and after the rise of sprawling cities, Americans seem better off because urban sprawl has created higher consumption levels of housing and land for households. Yet these seemingly
The documentary that we needed to watch for this essay is titled "Suburban America: Problems & Promise. " The movie is produced and directed by Ron Rudaitis, and its intended audience are students, community leaders, educators, as well as anyone who is interested in learning about the challenges that suburbs face, their history, as well as the role that they played in shaping the American society. The primary purpose of the documentary is to inform its audience about suburbia. The film briefly focuses on informing the viewer about the history of suburbs.
The city of Tampa has experienced gentrification in several areas over recent years. The latest example that can be pointed out is the resurgence in Seminole Heights (“Once-poor Hillsborough Areas Make Gains”, 2014). Hipsters are now flocking to the area to eat at the trendiest restaurants and visit the newest art spaces. The effect of gentrification in this area is made evident by crimes recently committed in the area: the robberies at the tavern The Independent and the restaurant Fodder and Shine.
The words “exacerbate”, “rapidly growing”, “consuming”, “fragmented” and “disappeared” shown in this example create a negative image in the readers mind. As jutka Terris mentions, “In the exurbs, developments are often far away from each other, connected only by a system of highways and road, Such “leapfrog developments” exacerbate the fragmentation of wildlife habitats …rapidly growing human settlements have consumed large amounts of land in our country, while wild life habitats have shrunk, fragmented, or disappeared altogether” (483). The language an author uses to persuade their readers is very important. Which, in this case makes the readers think on how urban sprawl is affecting nature and animals. These words create images in the reader’s mind that convince them that they are affecting habitats of animals.
Since its establishment in 1784, Montgomery County has experienced a rapid growth in population. During the mid-1800 's, there was a major urban development that took place in the United States. As Montgomery County is the neighbor of Philadelphia, one of the most industrialized regions in the U.S. at that time, this helps explain the intense uprise of the population. Within five decades, the population was more than twice of the initial census data. The highest recorded population growth occurred in 1960, where the population grew by about 46.3 percent.
One thing that was special about Charles Hamilton Houston was that his drive for change came from anger and his own experiences being an African American man living in America. I think this is one of his problems as well. He was driven more by emotion and anger rather than using his brain and them thinking things through.
One of the most attractive cities in the world is a place I call “home “, here in sunny San Diego. San Diego is home to some America’s finest qualities. Beautiful beaches, a world famous Zoo, Sea World, an amusement park made out of Legos (LEGOLAND), cultural diversity, an 80 Degree winters are just a few to say the least. With all these great qualities that San Diego has to offer to its residents and visitors, there are parts of the community that are not that as appealing. As our nation moves forward, our cities around this nation must also do the same.
On a normal scale, measuring the association between two subjects, one would assume gentrification and school segregation are not related in any sense. In fact, most would argue that school segregation ended in 1954 with the Brown v. Board of Education. This assumption would be incorrect. Deep within the American society lies a new kind of segregation that is neither talked about nor dealt with. Segregation is a result of gentrification—the buying and renovation of houses in deteriorated neighborhoods by upper-income families or individuals—thus, improving property values but often displacing low-income families.
Gentrifying a once rundown neighborhood into a vibrant, more attractive environment is a trendy, urban operation that has been prevalent in Philadelphia. It has transformed the lives of many Philadelphians and the new community members that move into these neighborhoods tend to be young, wealthy, white folks. However, the former impoverished residents that are relocated and kicked out of these now newly gentrified neighborhoods are nevertheless part of the population and economic class that contribute to the landscape of the city. It is a shame to think the problem of poverty is pushed away in an apathetic manner. There should at least be a mix of housing options in these neighborhoods in order to keep the authenticity of the neighborhood.
As the car was in motion on the way to where I would be staying I rolled the window down. Something other than the tall green grasses and canopy trees caught my attention. I finally started to see some scattered buildings, hotels, and restaurants. The city started to seem more urbanized, that wasn 't the only infrastructure that I saw, more was yet to come. As we went deeper into the rural areas the buildings disappeared and the sidewalks started to become more deteriorated.
Issue: Within the last decade, San Francisco has dramatically changed. San Francisco’s working class people and poor neighborhoods underwent drastic economic and racial changes from the 1990s to mid 2000s, resulting in the undeniable gentrification of the districts. San Francisco’s gentrification has reached a ridiculous new extreme, making it the most expensive city in the country, outstripping even Manhattan. The beginning of the issue was right after the dotcom and Tech industries started drastically moving to the Bay Area.
Davis describes the urbanization process as occurring along an S curve, beginning slow, becoming fast, and then slowing down again. Based on this idea of S curve, he predicts an end to urbanization. The next essay “The Urban Revolution” was by arguably the single most influential archaeologist of twentieth century, V. Gordon Childe. In this writing, he redefines the major eras of human development.
Urban Sprawl is when population moves from a populated area to a low density residential development in other words people move from certain areas to another to find somewhere “better” to live, many think it’s a good idea when it comes to moving, but what