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V. Spatial Patterns & Segregation Handout (Group5)

The document discusses spatial patterns, segregation, cities, and urban sprawl. It defines spatial pattern as the arrangement of entities in space and their relationships. Spatial segregation refers to the separation of groups along lines like race or income. A city is an area with a large, dense population that has its own government and infrastructure. Urban sprawl is low-density residential development that consumes rural land and increases emissions. Observing spatial patterns and distributions can help explain human and environmental behaviors.

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V. Spatial Patterns & Segregation Handout (Group5)

The document discusses spatial patterns, segregation, cities, and urban sprawl. It defines spatial pattern as the arrangement of entities in space and their relationships. Spatial segregation refers to the separation of groups along lines like race or income. A city is an area with a large, dense population that has its own government and infrastructure. Urban sprawl is low-density residential development that consumes rural land and increases emissions. Observing spatial patterns and distributions can help explain human and environmental behaviors.

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V.

SPATIAL PATTERNS AND SEGREGATION

Spatial Pattern
 The spatial pattern of a distribution is defined by the arrangement of individual entities in space and the
relationships among them.
 The capability of evaluating spatial patterns is a prerequisite to understanding the complicated spatial
processes underlying the distribution of a phenomenon.
Spatial Segregation
 Spatial segregation can be understood as the imposed or preferred separation of groups of people in a
particular territory by lines of race, caste, ethnicity, language, religion or income status.
 Spatial, including residential segregation can have different forms depending on the territorial, cultural or
historical context and is often characterized by forms of economic and social exclusion, inequity and spatial
disparity in access to infrastructure, services and livelihood opportunities.
THE CITY AND URBAN SPRAWL

The City

 A city is basically an area in which a large number of people live fairly close together. Cities usually have
their own separate governments and providing utilities and transportation.
 A city is basically a big town ― the population is large in relation to the amount of land, since people often
live in apartments or multi-family housing.
Urban Sprawl

 Urban sprawl is basically another word for urbanization. It refers to the migration of a population from
populated towns and cities to low density residential development over more and more rural land.
Urban Sprawl according to David Suzuki:
“Urban sprawl is cutting into precious farm and wildlands, leaving us with less greenspace and precious
wildlands, like bogs, which are being drained and paved over, putting valuable wildlife habitat and species at risk.
More traffic, more carbon emissions, more smog! But sprawl isn’t inevitable. It often results of poor planning and
short-sightedness.”
Causes of Urban Sprawl in the City
1. Lower Land Rates
2. Improved Infrastructure
3. The Rise in Standard of Living
4. Lack of Urban Planning
5. Lack of Proper Laws that can Regulate Urban Planning
6. Lower House Tax Rates
7. The Rise in Population Growth
8. Consumer Preferences
Effects of Urban Sprawl in the City
1. Increase in Public Expenditure
2. Increased Traffic
3. Health Issues
4. Sanitation Issues
5. Environmental Issues
6. Impact on Social Life

Solution to Urban Sprawl


1. Adopting the Principle of New Urbanism
2. Imparting Proper Education
3. Application of Some Smart Planning

Observing Spatial Patterns

Observing spatial patterns is an analytical tool used to measure the distance between two or more physical
locations or items. Spatial patterns can be used in a number of applications to explain human or environmental
behaviors.

Observing Spatial Distribution

When studying spatial distribution, there are three basic patterns.

UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION- occurs when each data point is spaced within relatively equal distance.
RANDOM DISTRIBUTION- indicates that there is no direct correlation between these data points. They did not form
in relation to each other.
CLUSTERED/CLUMPED DISTRIBUTION- data points are clearly related to each other, but may not exactly evenly
spaced.

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