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The Nashville Metropolitan Area

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  • What are the major cities in the metro area?
  • Where do you think the urban growth will be in the future?

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Describe how changes in:

a. Transportation

b. Communication

c. Population Growth

d. Migration

e. Economic Development

f. Government Policies

…influence urbanization.

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a.

d.

b.

e.

c.

f.

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Describe how Transportation influences urbanization.

  • How is it expected to change by 2040?

How do interstate highways impact urbanization?

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Describe how Communication influences urbanization.

Internet Provider Competition Map for Nashville

  • Which areas have the fewest providers available to them?

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  • How does the map match up with an urban map of the region?

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https://broadbandnow.com

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Suburban

Rural

Generally speaking the more urban the area the ___________ the communications.

greater

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How does changing the scale of the map change the understanding of who has access to broadband internet in Nashville, Tennessee?

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Not all urban areas have the same access to internet.

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https://broadbandnow.com

How does changing the scale of the map change the understanding of who has access to broadband internet in Nashville, TN?

How does the area south of Berry Hill change with the change in scales?

smallest scale

largest scale

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Describe how Population Growth influences urbanization.

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Nashville Area Population by County, 2016-2017

  • How has the population changed since 2011-2016?
  • How transportation routes impact population growth?

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Describe how Migration influences urbanization.

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Nashville Area Net Migration by County, 2017

  • How has the migration changed since 2011?
  • Why are people leaving Davidson County?

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Describe how Economic Development influences urbanization.

  • Where will there be future economic development planned?
  • Where is there very little future development planned?

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Describe how Government Policies influences urbanization.

  • Where are the majority of the applications?
  • How does this match up with the recent urban growth in the region?

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  • The request is for a zoning change in order to allow a 3,000 square feet office space.

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  • What zone(s) does the land need to be?

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LEGEND

  • What changes do you think Rutherford County has made to zoning in the last 10-15 years?
  • Which zoning area has almost completely disappeared?

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How does zoning impact urbanization?

  • How has the fact Davidson County borders Williamson County to the north impacted urban growth in Williamson County?
  • How has the interstate impacted growth in Williamson County?