Urban Environments Case Studies

LA

Land use patterns to show distributions of social/ethnic groups

• Socio-economic segregation due to social, economic & historial factors
• Social: close to people of same ethnic group (Chinatown); racial stereotypes
• Economic: close to work in CBD; urban planning policy
• Historical: large migrations meant they competed for oldest housing
• Beverly Hills & distribution of area: landlord discriminating policies legal
• Development in some areas, not in others
• Effects: increase in segregation & discrimination
• State of CA, USA
• Fringe rural-urban, wealthier people can afford to live
• Minority groups growing to become the majority

Sao Paolo

Shanty town management in LIC 

• Relentless growing social economic gap
• 30% live below poverty line
• Hold city back from developing
• Great challenge to tackle; needs sustainability
• Lacks basic structures: water,…