Transcript Detroit
Directions: Turn to your
migration page.
SOLUTIONS
Urban Sprawl is solved through
Smart Growth…
1. Limit Growth
with laws
boundaries.
2. Urban Renewal
Restoring downtown
neighborhoods.
3. Sustainable Communities –
where people live and work
URBAN SPRAWL REVIEW:
• Directions: As you watch the clips about Portland,
OR and Celebration FL answer the questions
below on your URBAN SPRAWL PAGE.
Portland Clip
1. How is Portland trying to solve Urban Sprawl?
Celebration Clip
2. Explain why Celebration is considered a
sustainable community.
Table of Contents
Date
Title
Lesson #
10/13
Immigration - Political
23
10/14
Immigration - Economic
24
10/15
Migration
25
10/16
Urban Sprawl
26
10/17
Push Factors for Migration
27
Directions: Draw a line underneath your urban sprawl
notes and title the page “Push Factors for Migration”
Migration – the movement of
people within a country.
Examples:
-Orso
- Kid goes to
college at LSU
- Friend gets a
new job.
Why I’m Here…
Task As you
view the next
few slides...
- Write the five
PUSH
FACTORS for
migration that
moved me from
Baltimore, MD
to Houston, TX.
Push
Factor
1. No
Family
Explanation
- People
migrate when
they have no
family nearby
2. High Cost of Living - Baltimore
$150,000 in
Baltimore
2. Low Cost of Living - Houston
Houston - $150,000
Why I’m Here…
Task As you
view the next
few slides...
- Write the five
PUSH
FACTORS for
migration that
moved me from
Baltimore, MD
to Houston, TX.
Push
Factor
1. No
Family
2. High
Cost of
Living
Explanation
- People
migrate when
they have no
family nearby
- People
move to find
cheaper
housing.
3. Crime
3. Crime
4. Disasters
-People leave areas
after natural
disasters.
- Examples: Katrina
(New Orleans), Ike
(Galveston)
5. Depression – a year of decline in
economic activity.
- GDP decreases for a year.
Economic Push Factors
6. Recession – period of decline in economic
activity.
- GDP decreases 6 months in a row.
Clip Question:
Part 1: How will the recession map affect
migration?
Part 2: Why are people coming to Houston?
Economic Differences
7. Lack of Jobs –
People will move where
the best jobs are found
Example: People
moving from Detroit,
Michigan to Houston,
Tx in search of jobs
Economic Differences
READ
ONLY
Cities in the Northeast (like Detroit) are losing
jobs. While cities in the South (like Houston)
are gaining jobs.
Moving away from Detroit...Moving to Houston
Detroit’s Economy
Houston’s Economy
Unemployment = 29%
Unemployment = 3.8%
Household Income = $29,109
Household Income = $40,285
Pop. Change (since 2000) -11.9%
Pop. Change (since 2000) +19%
Detroit Now
Detroit Now Clip
1. What is the standard of living in Detroit
now?
2. How will this affect migration?
• Detroit Video
Create a Migration Story - Assignment
Part 1: Detroit
- Draw a cartoon of a person living in Detroit.
- Include at least 4 push factors that will contribute to his/her
migration to the US.
Part 2: Houston
- Draw the same person living in his/her new home in
Houston
- Include at least 2 pull factors that brought him/her to
Houston.
Part 3: Create a plan to deal with all of the migration coming to
Houston
– What are three things that Houston will need to deal with all of the
migration? (What problems will occur? Think about services)
Houston vs. Detroit
• Create a plan to fix Detroit’s problems
– What are the causes of Detroit’s problems.
• Explain the two that had the biggest contribution
– What are three things that could help Detroit?
– How will you provide these? (What must the city do to make this
happen?)
• Create a plan to deal with all of the migration coming to
Houston
– What are three things that Houston will need to deal with all of
the migration?
– How will you provide these? (What must the city do to make this
happen?)
Houston vs. Detroit - L
Part 1: Detroit Explanation
YOU CAN SKIP IT
Part 2: Who Killed Detroit
3. How did the former Mayor of Detroit (Coleman Young) hurt the city?
(paragraphs 1 -2)
4. How did congressman Dingel hurt the city (paragraph 3)
5. How did the UAW hurt the city (pargraph 4)
Part 3: Saving Detroit
6. What are three things that could help Detroit? (address each of the
causes in part 2)
So how do Regional
Differences impact migration?
Northeast
& Midwest
South
South
People are moving
from the Northeast &
Midwest to the South
Rust Belt vs.
(Northeast)
Old Industries
Sun Belt
(South)
New Industries
Detroit Population Changes over time
• Detroit Population Change Website!
– Current population (2008) is only
912,062