Unit 9 Urbanization & Smart Cities

number of births in a population

• mortality

• population change

• fertility

• urbanization

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

number of deaths in a population

• mortality

• population change

• fertility

• urbanization

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

increase or decrease in the size of a population; equal to (births + immigration) - (death + emigration)

• urban sprawl

• population change

• smart growth

• urbanization

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

growth of low-density development o the edges of cities and towns

• urban sprawl

• mortality

• smart growth

• sustainability

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

trend in which more and more people live in urban areas

• urban sprawl

• eco-city

• smart growth

• urbanization

set of policies and tools that encourage more environmentally sustainable urban development with less dependence on cars

• urban sprawl

• mortality

• smart growth

• sustainability

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

capacity of earth's natural systems that support life (including human social systems_ to maintain stability or to adapt to changing environmental conditions

• urban sprawl

• eco-city

• smart growth

• sustainability

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

ecologically sustainable city; residents can walk, bike or use low-polluting mass transit for most travel, grow their own food and recycle or reuse most of their wastes

• fertility

• eco-city

• urbanization

• sustainability

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7