The city’s proper zoning and housing can increase the quality of life and provide free of pollution living conditions for citizens. Moreover, rational planning can ensure the efficient development of the city. Los Angeles is a vast well-developed city that still requires planning improvements. The most essential for consideration points in the Los Angeles zones are the residential areas planning, the air pollution considerations, and the transit development of the different regions.
Considering the aim to increase the population by one million through the fourteen years, the country needs zoning to find the places where spacious houses can be built. Considering the fact that Los Angeles zoning is quite dense, the massive growth of the population cannot be placed on the current territory. It would be rational to rezone the single-family areas established on the north from the State Route. The single-family houses can be placed in smaller areas, which will allow the building of additional dwellings (Alagbe et al. 6). Moreover, some acres of this territory can be used to build multi-family houses. There are small multi-family territories that can be extended without significantly harming the general structure of the district.
Air pollution can be reduced through the accurate planning of transport and residential areas. The most vulnerable to air pollution territory is close to the vast industrial district near Vernon. There are many multiple-family districts that are affected the most. First of all, by increasing the number of housing units in other regions, the government can resettle the resident areas minimizing the health-associated risks. Multi-model planning of transport systems can decrease air pollution in the whole territory (Gao et al. 3). For example, the bus or rail transits can reduce the dangerous emissions in the air. Based on the monocentric model, the regions that should be prioritized to develop the new line are territories close to Lakewood and the area on the northeast of Inglewood.
Therefore, Los Angeles requires additional zoning considerations regarding air pollution, housing, and transit questions. The general recommendations include replacing the residential areas with increasing the housing ability of the city, replacing the single-family houses with multi-family ones. Due to the growing industries, the close to manufactural areas residential regions need to be rezoned to minimize the citizens’ health risks. The transport lines also require additional planning to ensure accessibility.
Works Cited
Alagbe, Oluwole, et al. “A Conceptual Framework for Evaluating Public Housing for Resilience to Rapid Population Growth.” IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, vol. 655, 2020, pp. 1-8.
Gao, Zhenyu, et al. “Urban Expansion Using Remote-Sensing Data and A Monocentric Urban Model.” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems vol. 77, 2019, pp. 1-10.