Urban Cities

SESM6032

Regressive Policy

policy with unintended negative impacts on people with lower incomes. Takes a larger percentage of income from lower earners than higher earners.

Malthus

population increase is limited by subsistence, population can not exceed carrying capacity due to limiting factors such as food resource

Mexico City Transport

2nd busiest transport network in North America, introduced 212 articulated buses reducing travel times by one half

Walkable city

800 m walking catchment with all services

Curitiba Brazil Transport

unique rapid transport bus system with 50x passengers vs 20 years ago. low emission, low car use (despite high ownership) and low congestion

Bogota Columbia Transport

TransMilenio bus system with exclusive busways, roads paved for walking, removal of on-street parking

Automobile City

city in which urban planning priorities vehicles leading to low-density suburbs, typical in US and AUS

Sky View Factor

fraction of visible sky from a specific point 0=fully blocked vs 1 = fully open

Disruptor

a person or thing that prevents something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected

Infrastructure lock-in

results of past urban planning decisions that are expensive and difficult to change, limiting change possible

Urbanisation

Increase in the percentage of the population who live in towns and cities

Farming Process

clear site, prepare ground, plant seeds, tender crops, harvest, process, store, crop rotation

The Coal Question, Jevons

predicted that coal would run out

Jevons Paradox

If the production cost more than halves, the demand more than doubles. Increasing efficiency may lead to an increase in use, technological improvements do not necessarily lead to a reduction in fuel use.

Robert Moses

favored the construction of highways over public transport, creating toll roads & bridges and using the profits to build more in New York

Jane Jacobs

opposed the views of Robert Moses as he cleared ‘urban slums’ to build freeways