AMC Definitions revision

The process of renovating and improving a neighborhood or area to attract more affluent residents and businesses:

• Rewilding

• Gentrification

• Razing

• Generalizing

a company or individual who invests in and develops real estate for profit?

• Accountant

• Gardener

• Property developer

• investor

a type of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to live correctly

• Resilient development

• Incredible development

• Uncertain Development

• Sustainable development

Using environmentally-friendly language or practices to make a company appear more sustainable than it actually is :

• greenwashing

• whitewashing

• having green fingers

• getting greener

A social movement that aims to address systemic racism and inequality towards black people, following the death of Gerorge Floyd in 2012.

• Blue Blood Matters

• Black Panthers Matter

• Black Lives Matter

• Black Mirror Matters

A public gathering or protest to express a political or social message?

• A manifestation

• A concert

• A revolution

• A demonstration

The ecological impact of an individual or group, measured by the amount of land and resources needed to sustain their lifestyle?

• Ecological thumbprint

• Ecological fingerprint

• Ecological footprint

• Ecological handprint

A person who sleeps in public places, such as parks or sidewalks, due to a lack of housing?

• a rough sleeper

• a fast sleeper

• a sleeping policeman

• a sound sleeper

Answer explanation

a sleeping policeman : a speed bump (that is a hump in the road intended to cause traffic to reduce speed.)

A rough sleeper : a homeless person who sleeps outside in the street.

When people work to return natural areas to their original state, by letting plants and animals live and grow there without too much human control or intervention.

• reforestation

• rewilding

• weeding

• replanting

The process of a city's expansion into its surrounding countryside is :

• Urban sprawl

• Urban regeneration

• Urban revitalization

• Rural growth