BOOMBURG 2
Running head: BOOMBURG 1
Boomburg
A “boomburg” is a fast growing, the great city on the edge of the main cosmopolitan area. It has an outlook of a large city but normally lacks a dynamic “downtown.” Arizona is an example of one of the biggest boomburb in the country. It has a population of about 430,000 residents.
There is the presence of a lot of urban planners who do a lot to ensure the city looks more attractive towards the sight of its residents and tourists visiting the city. However they face numerous challenges which affect their functionality, and the paper will focus on some of the challenges faced by urban planners (Madlener, 2011). One of the main problems confronting urban planners is government policies like the current conditions in the housing sector, which forces money concentrated reconstruction of housing, known as “gentrification.” The modernization of housing has been problematic to urban planners since it will cost them a lot to work which means that the low-income residents are out priced and may increase migration which means the future designers will have a problem in designing new houses.
The second issue that affects urban planners includes decentralization. This means the movement of residents from urban population to rural or local areas. The main factor that may force them to shift from the CBD is misconduct, “noise, population, and high land costs.” This will hinder the urban planners from designing new buildings since the demand for houses in metropolitan cities will significantly reduce since most residents will shift from the urban areas to upcountry or reserved spaces.
The third factor that has caused a problem to the urban planners is lack of adequate funding from the government, and they end up not having enough resources to meet the demands of current planners who want to modern housing plans. These problems, however, can be solved if the government and other key stakeholders in the housing sector work collaboratively to ensure they have a project that will enhance building more houses. The other two challenges facing urban planner include lack of proper coordination/accord between the people and urban planners, and the final problem is urban planners lack the right tools to enable them to dispose of their duties.
References
Madlener, R., & Sunak, Y. (2011). Impacts of urbanization on urban structures and energy demand: What can we learn for urban energy planning and urbanization management?. Sustainable Cities and Society, 1(1), 45-53.