14.2: Urban Land Use

Heat islands can affect local

• Weather Patterns

• Water Levels

• Traffic Patterns

• Harvest Patterns

Which environmental problems is not caused by deforestation?

• Reduction of Wildlife Habitat

• Soil Erosion

• urban sprawl

• increased atmospheric CO2

Regardless of where people live, they depend on resources produced in

• urban areas

• rural areas

• ocean areas

• wilderness areas

Eliminating invasive plants and replacing them with native plants is one aspect of

• urban management

• deforestation

• range improvement

• overgrazing

An area prone to landslides is an example

• rangeland

• open space

• rural land

• marginal land