Land Use and Urbanization

The following are all consequences of ____________.
–Heat Islands
–Destruction of natural habitat/Waste
–High energy consumption/temperatures
 –Higher percentage of health problems

• Urbanization
• Deforestation
• Industrialization
• Modernization

The following are all consequences of ____________.
–Decrease of biodiversity
–Loss of plant life
–Increased Global Warming

• Reclamation
• Deforestation
• Industrialization
• Modernization

What problem are the following practices attempting to solve?
•Greening of Cities
•Changes in construction material
•Reduction of Heat Sources

• Heat Islands
• Deforestation
• Urbanization
• Industrialization

Which is NOT a strategy to increase a city's sustainablity

• reduce reliance on fossil fuels
• increase/improve greenspace
• increase recycling rates
• build more shopping malls

what is the leading cause of deforestation?

• Diseases 
• Housing market
• Agriculture and Farming
• Paper mill

What is a "heat island"?

• an island in a river or lake that produces heat
• an area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas
• when the leftovers or "tailings" from mining are piled up in a river
• an oasis

What causes urban heat islands?

• movement of people from farms to cities
• lots and lots of people heating their homes
• roads and buildings absorb and retain heat longer than vegetation does
• soil erosion

What are common practices that lead to overgrazing?

• grazing cattle instead of sheep and goats
• getting into conflicts with neighbors over grazing rights
• using sheepdogs instead of human shepherds
• too many animals, lack of rotation, grazing at wrong times in plant life cycle

What is deforestation?

• throwing someone out of a window
• selectively cutting trees for lumber, making sure the forest remains healthy
• allowing more animals to graze on the land than it can support
• cutting and removal of rainforest

What are impacts of overgrazing?

• pollution and use of more resources
• loss of biodiversity, loss of native topsoil, desertification
• more people than the infrastructure can support
• creation of heat islands