8. How does population change as one moves away from the city center?
Density declines. Define
density gradient and identify recent trends/changes.
Density gradient-number of houses per unit of land diminishes as distance from the center city increases
•less
live in the center•less differences in density within urban areas. What are some of the costs of urban sprawl?
•extending roads & utilities
•construction of
isolated housing developmentsMore energy. a. Define
megalopolis and identify some examples.
A very large city b
Within
a megalopolis, cities are distinct, but the boundaries At the
periphery of the urban areas,
the boundaries overlap>
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