Read a description of the model of a typical Latin American city using the sources below.
List at least three similarities and three differences between the classic models of North American cities and that of a typical Latin American city. Below are readings and videos describing Latin American Cities. Be sure to reference each classic model.
Part Two:
Conduct research on three of the topics found on the list below. On each of the three topics you choose from the list below, include a definition of the term, two specific examples, and a description of how the term represents a change in land use from earlier models. See the attached rubric for my expectations concerning this part your assignment. Your paper should be at least 2 pages total (not 2 pages for each of the three but rather 2 pages total), single spaced, new time roman font and 1 inch margins. Your paper should also contain at least two sources properly cited using MLA formatting and included in your writing using in text citations.
While researching the following topics, keep in mind the important changes and developments in land uses and land use patterns in North American cities. These changes are:
Inner cities that were once reserved for business and a ring of the poorest-quality housing are being “revived.”
Suburbs have begun to take on the roles more typically associated with the central business districts.
Topics to research:
• Edge cities
• Decentralized cities
• Gentrification
• High-tech corridors
• Master-planned communities
• New urbanism
• Office parks
• Postindustrial cities
• Suburbanization of business
• Technoburbs
• The “galactic city”/peripheral model
• Urban realms
• Redlining
• White Flight