South Florida-Urban Sprawl
By: Savanna Vasquez
2nd Period
June 6, 2014
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High Speed Railway
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- 860 acres of forest and farm land are lost
- Floridas panther and manatee are disappearing fast
- Pollution damaged key reefs, fish, and birds
- 450 acres of forest and 410 acres of farm land are gone daily
- Widen roads
- Install a high speed railway
- Drain swamps for development
- Might stop being the "low-tax" state
- 4th in illegal immigration
- Conserve environment the US Government put 59 areas of natural parks
- Space vanishing
- Highways have alot of traffic jams
- Alot of pollution
- More jobs and opportunities
- Rise in taxes
- Leading state in urban sprawl
Traffic Jam
Sharockman, Aaron.(2011).<http://www.politifact.com/florida/article/2011/mar/03/fact-checking-high-speed-rail-debate/>
Effect 4
Migration of middle and upper class to urban areas (able to buy lager amounts of land)
Panther
Andrei, Mihai.(2013).<http://www.zmescience.com/science/domestic-science/traffic-jam-sollution-30092013/#!VbGwR>
(2014).<http://www.fws.gov/verobeach/ListedSpeciesMammals.html>
Effect 2
Purchase larger land because it is less expensive
Manatees
Hawkins, Carol. (2014).<http://www.hawkinshearing.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/05/florida-manatees-silent-danger/>
EFFECTS
PRESENT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Effect 1
Effect 3
After new development, people demand improvement in infrastructure whaich ignites develpoment in urban areas
Overpopulation Awareness
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- Leapfrog development
- Water shortage
- Over population
- Pollution in water
- Florida Over Population Awareness Week
(2013).<http://www.overpopulation.org/>
WEBSITES
- (2009, 2, 11).Brief History of the Everglades.<http://www.dep.state.fl.us/evergladesforever/about/>
- Holcombe.Randall.G.Urban Sprawl:Pro and Con in Defense of Urban Sprawl.PERC.<http://perc.org/articles/urban-sprawl-pro-and-con>
- Brody, S. (2013) The Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences of Sprawling Development Patterns in the United States. Nature Education Knowledge.<http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-characteristics-causes-and-consequences-of-sprawling-103014747>
- Focus on Florida:Population, Resources, and Quality of Life.<http://www.npg.org/specialreports/FL/fl_report.html>
Explain why these changes are good or bad.
These changes are bad because people keep moving outward to urban areas which then have to be drained and it kills the swamps/marshes there and all of the wildlife with it
Cause 3
Cause 4
Decreasing Commuting Costs
- Race
- "White Fight"
- Racial Strife
Cause 1
Prediction 3
They will also most likely start to build roads and ways for transportation to and from the houses located in rural areas
Alligators and Crocodiles
River of Grass
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- Once covered 11,000 square miles
- The River of Grass spans 60 miles wide but some places are only 6 inches deep
- Mix of salt and fresh water which is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles live side by side
Todd, Neil.(2006).<http://www.acoustics.org/press/151st/Todd.html>
Getty.(2014).<http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/aquatic-species/#/aquatic-florida-everglades_13047_600x450.jpg>
What changes will continuue to have the most lasting effects?
The population growth and the outward expansion will have lasting effects
Predicton 1
The Everglades/South Florida land will continue to decrease because of all the development
CAUSES
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Wet Lands
Wet Land with Wildlife
- Fresh water ponds, prairies and forested uplands with rich soil and alot of wildlife
- Agriculture, development and farming lead to the sprouting of Miami and Fort Lauderdale
Macdonald, Laurie.(2013, 5, 8).<http://www.defendersblog.org/2013/05/acting-for-the-everglades/>
Thoemke, Kris, W.(2010)<http://www.florida-everglades.com/kris1.htm>
PREDICTION
PAST
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Wood Stork
Great Blue Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
- Known for the abundant bird life (roseate spoonbill, wood stork, great blue heron)
- 1948 the US Congress made man-made canals and channels that have 1.7 billion gallons of water from the Everglades sent out to the ocean daily
(2012, 2, 11)<http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/02/11/Nesting-spoonbills-return-to-Florida-Bay/UPI-61341328985541/>
Bannick.Paul.(2005).<http://birdnote.org/show/great-blue-heron-alone-again>
Davis, Chauncey.(2011).<http://www.everglades.org/wood-kite/>
Prediction 2
Increase in population will have more people moving outward with development ideas
Cause 2
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
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Prediction 4
Loss of animals only native in South Florida. Wildlife will be lost.
- 1905- Florida governor, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, tried to drain Everglades to make land useable
- 1948- US Congress made Cental and South Florida project which made the most effective water management
(2009, 7, 1).<http://www.buzzle.com/articles/napoleon-bonaparte-exhibit-brings-history-to-life.html>