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Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia | TED-Ed

According to Dunham-Jones, urban dwellers have a much smaller carbon footprint than those who live in the suburbs. Why is this? *

1 point

A - Suburbanites drive a lot more

B - More 72” TV sets in the suburbs tuned to “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”

C - Utilities cost more in cities, so urban-dwellers are more energy-conscious

D - Suburban homes are bigger, detached, and thus not as energy-efficient as urban apartments

A and D

C and D

Dunham-Jones comments that researchers at the CDC have been linking suburban development patterns with sedentary lifestyles. What are the health implications of a sedentary lifestyle? Why would suburban development patterns contribute to a sedentary lifestyle, and do you think this is true in your own community? *

4 points

What’s the relationship between vehicle miles driven in the U.S. over the past few decades and the rate of population growth? *

1 point

We’re driving more miles, but it’s proportional to the rate of population growth

We’re driving more miles, and it’s a lot more than we can explain away through population growth

We’re actually driving fewer miles, because of rising gas prices, though the population is growing

Siri, help!!?!!

What’s remarkable about Dunham-Jones’s anecdote about families living in the Atlanta suburbs? What are some of the other “costs” of commuting from the affordable fringe of a metropolitan area to the city’s center? *

4 points

When a shopping center died in St. Paul, Minnesota, city officials decided to: *

1 point

Send flowers and skip the funeral

Demolish it and restore the site’s original wetlands

Build a Mall of America annex

Create a reality-show redesign competition

Convert the property to affordable housing

Dunham-Jones shares several examples of innovative retrofits in suburban communities across America. Which retrofit was most appealing to you? What did you like about it? *

4 points

When Dunham-Jones talks about “regreening subdivisions,” she means: *

1 point

A - Retrofitting older houses with more energy-efficient heating and cooling

B - Planting more trees in newly-constructed subdivisions

C - Encouraging that guy down the street to be even more obsessed with his lawn

D - Tearing down subdivisions and replacing them with farms or native habitat

E - A and B

According to Dunham-Jones, the benefits of retrofitting existing suburban spaces include: *

1 point

A - Giving existing communities an economic boost

B - Taking advantage of existing infrastructure

C - Avoiding the destruction of trees and green space at the edges of a community, where development often happens

D - Finally saying goodbye to that “Señor Weenie” hot dog stand that closed in 1988

E - B and C

F - A, B and C

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