Town of Golden Beach 162 163 City of Aventura City of Miami Gardens City of Sunny Isles Everglades Wildlife Management City of North Miami Beach Water Conservation Area 3B City of North Miami
UBD City of Opa-Locka Village of Bal Harbour
Town of Surfside City of Miami Lakes Village of Miami Shores City of Hialeah North Beach City of Hialeah Gardens Upper East Side North Bay Village Little Haiti City of Medley Brownsville City of Miami Springs Model City Middle Beach Wynwood / Edgewater Miami International Airport Allapattah City of El Doral South Beach Flagami Overtown City of Sweetwater Little Havana Downtown Miami West Flagler Florida International University Coral Way Virginia Key City of Coral Gables Coconut Grove
City of South Miami
Village of Palmetto Bay Village of Key Biscayne
Kendall
Village of Pinecrest
Stiltsville
Everglades National Park Biscayne Bay
Un-incorporated Miami-Dade County
City of Homestead
City of Florida City
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CARTOGRAPHIES OF URBANIZATION A CENTURY OF CHANGE
Animations on the center monitor track historical and predicted alterations in our natural and urban ecosystems. These incorporate changes in regional hydrology, geology and vegetation across the region. The animations also trace transformations effected over a century of regional urbanization, tracking the development of the hard and soft infrastructure networks that pushed back wetlands, created land, and formed our cities. Water; transportation; trade and governance networks are mapped, as are land formation and urban growth; and density of population and building fabric. Landmark events and the effects of predicted inundation in the years ahead are also documented here. Taken in conjunction with the understanding of our environment provided by scientific data, these maps point to a critical need for new development strategies that result in hybrid urban environments --ones that intertwine natural and man-made systems in a more compact, better connected, and truly diverse urban ecology.