Urban sprawl

the unstoppable
advance of urban areas

BY : YULIANA ORTEGA AND JESSICA ROMERO

 FEATURES

A
SINGLE USE DEVELOPMENT SPACIAL MISSMACHT
B
This refers to a situation where Spatial mismatch is defined as the
commercial, residential, institutional and situation where poor and
industrial areas are separated from each predominantly minority urban
other. Consequently, large tracts of land are citizens are left without easy
dedicated to a single use and are segregated access to entry-level jobs, as a
from one another by open space, result of increased job expansion
infrastructure, or other barriers. and limited transportation options
to facilitate a reverse trip to the
suburbs.

C D
WORK EXPANSION The exact definition of “low density” is
It is defined as low-density geographically debatable, but a common example is single-
dispersed employment patterns, where the family homes on large lots. Typically, buildings
majority of jobs in a given metropolitan area
have fewer stories and are spaced apart,
are located outside the main city's central
business district (CBD), and increasingly on separated by lawns, lawns, roads, or parking
the suburban periphery lots.
 CAUSES OF URBAN EXPANSION
Lower land fees Lack of Urban
Planning:

Improved Increased
infrastructure population growth

Increased Consumer
standard of living: preferences:
 CAUSES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
the late process of
urbanization in most Latin
American countries, where
until recent years an ARGENTIN
agrarian-based economy A
predominated; the strong predominance
PERU of major cities,
particularly capital cities
COLOMBI characterized by a highly
concentrated spatial
A
growth pattern around
SUDAFRIC central areas;
A
the growth of illegal
settlements in the urban MEXICO
peripheries, outside the limits
of urban regulations and
without having been taken into CHILE
account by public and private
investments.
 EFFECTS OF URBAN EXPANSION Increased
traffic
Increased public spending Populations will start
using their cars more
frequently, which means
In fact, they can there is more traffic on
participate in the increase the roads, and there is
in public costs, because also more air pollution
these changes in and more car accidents
infrastructure and to worry about.
construction must be paid
for by someone, and it is
usually taxpayers' money Healthuse
When people issues
their
that pays for it. vehicles, even to go a
very short distance,
people will be more
overweight and will also
have to deal with
ailments such as high
blood pressure and other
diseases that occur with
obesity .
Health issues EFFECTS OF URBAN EXPANSION
When people use their
vehicles, even to go a very
short distance, people will
be more overweight and
will also have to deal with Impact on social
ailments such as high blood
pressure and other life
diseases that occur with When people move further
obesity . afield, they also have an
Environmental impact on their social
issues lives. They don't have
Extensions can also cause neighbors who live that
certain environmental close, which means they
problems that you may won't be as social as they
want to be aware of. In fact, should. This is not always
when you think about going the case, but it is
out to develop these lands, something to keep in mind
you will have to worry about
the wildlife that lives on
these lands. You'll be
displacing them, and it can
really cause a ripple in the
environment.
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MERCURY MARS
Mercury is the closest Mars is actually a cold
planet to the Sun and the place. It’s full of iron
smallest one oxide dust

SATURN JUPITER
Saturn is composed of Jupiter is a gas giant and
hydrogen and helium and the biggest planet in the
is the ringed one Solar System

VENUS NEPTUNE
Venus has a beautiful Neptune is the farthest
name and is the second planet from the Sun and
planet from the Sun the fourth-largest one
DISTRIBUTION

27
FACTORIES
%
10 ECOLOGICAL PARKS
%
33 URBANIZATIONS
%
FAST FOOD CHAINS
7%
23 MALLS
%
INNOVATIONS THAT WILL BE AN ANSWER TO
URBAN EXPANSION
1 3
Reprogramming the space Adopt a tree through a
social network

2 4
Waternet: an internet of People, the next generation
pipes of mobility
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5
Co-Co-Co: Co-generation,
Co-heating, co-cooling

6
The shared city: taking
advantage of wasted

7
capacity

Mobility On Demand
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8 9
Medellín, infrastructure for Vertical crops
social integration

10
Smart luminaires for urban
detection
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MERCURY MARS
Mercury is the closest planet to the Mars is actually a cold place. It’s full of
Sun and the smallest one iron oxide dust

SATURN JUPITER
Saturn is composed of hydrogen and ]] Jupiter is a gas giant and the biggest
helium and is the ringed one planet in the Solar System

VENUS NEPTUNE
Venus has a beautiful name and is the Neptune is the farthest planet from
second planet from the Sun the Sun and the fourth-largest one