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Los Angeles - Megacity
- LA
- 2nd largest city in the USA.
- Population of over 16.37 million.
- Also a world city as well as a megacity.
- 2nd largest city in the USA.
- Growth of the City
- In 1876 a railway was
built, half a million people
arrived in LA in 40 years.
- Opening of
manufacturing industries
- Ford car plant.
- Discovery of oil meant
it continued to grow.
- Good weather enabled military and
civil test aviation flights to take place
- became a dominant industry.
- Hollywood in
1920s & 1930s
meant the film
industry could
grow.
- In 1876 a railway was
built, half a million people
arrived in LA in 40 years.
- Main Problems
- Pollution
- High pressure is pushing
down, trapping the pollution.
The cool sea air traps the
smog against the mountains,
not allowing it to move out of
the basin.
- Congested freeways.
- High pressure is pushing
down, trapping the pollution.
The cool sea air traps the
smog against the mountains,
not allowing it to move out of
the basin.
- Suburban Sprawl
- Became a problem in 1920s
& 1930s when improvements
in transport meant people
live further away from work
and have their own land.
- Became a problem in 1920s
& 1930s when improvements
in transport meant people
live further away from work
and have their own land.
- Pollution
- Other Problems
- Housing shortages
due to migration.
- Urban tension due to
ethnic differences.
- Deindustrialisation due to a
decline in the second industry.
- Water shortages - the water is piped
from 217miles away, disputes with
neighbouring countries and states.
- There is up to 50,000
tonnes of waste per day.
- Many migrants are excluded
from health care and education as
they can't afford to pay.
- Only 30% of people use public
transport and there are
10million vehicles on the road,
usually results in congestion.
- Massive
energy usage.
- Housing shortages
due to migration.
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