Urban Sprawl

1) Sprawl increases carbon dioxide emissions by

• generating more factories.

• increasing the need to drive.

• resulting in more tree growth.

• expanding the use of public transportation.

2) Per capita land consumption means

• the amount of land a country uses as a whole.

• the amount of and each person uses.

• the type of land covered by state capitals.

• the type of land people live on.

3) Which of the following factors contributed to sprawl in the United States?

• more affordable automobiles

• improved roads

• less expensive land

• all of the above

Which of the following is not one of the impacts of Sprawl

• habitat destruction

• must use car to get anything

• may promote healthy activity

• increased flooding risk

Which of the follow is a not pattern seen during Sprawling

• Centered thoroughly planned developments

• Low-density single-use residential development

• Scattered, or leapfrog, development

• Sparse street networks

Situation in which a city area has fallen into a state of disrepair through its people leaving the area or not having enough resources to look after them.

• Infill

• Congestion

• Gentrification

• Urban Decay

When one leaves the urban core and moves to the suburbs.

• Suburban Sprawl

• Gentrification

• Congestion

• Megalopolis

The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

• Land Use

• Infrastructure

• Rural

• Suburbs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• urban sprawl
• metropolitan area
• rural fringe
• whooping cough

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?

• there are more affordable houses
• increased pollution
• destruction of habitats
• more taco bells (this one's not the right answer, but it is true)