Populations
Urbanization
Sustainable Cities
Vocabulary
100
High ---- expectancy and low infant mortality will produce the highest rate of population growth.
What is Life?
100
Cincinnati, OH would be considered an ----- area
What is urban?
100
Classification of land areas for different types of development and land use
What is zoning?
100
Infectious diseases are disease caused by an organism such as a virus or a bacterium, called...
What is a pathogen?
200
This mid 1700s event significantly changed human population growth
What is the Industrial Revolution?
200
Fairfield, OH would be considered a --------- area
What is a suburban area?
200
A line drawn around a city to separate urban areas from rural areas, with limited permission for development
What is urban growth boundaries?
200
The process of measuring the chance that an environmental hazard will cause harm.
What is risk assessment?
300
The average number of children a female member of the population has during her lifetime.
What is a populations total fertility rate?
300
The spread of low-density urban or suburban development outward from a dense urban core
What is sprawl?
300
One of the results of green building design is reduced...
What is energy bills, less carbon emissions, or less pollution
300
Chemicals that cause cancer are called...
What are carcinogens?
400
These graphs are called
What is age structure diagrams?
400
Most cities are located near a -------------- route such as a large body of water, railroad, or highway.
What is a transportation route?
400
A principle of smart growth is to build -- not ---
What is build up not out?
400
Various ways humans use the land such as agricultural, industrial, residential, or recreational
What is land use?
500
This age structure diagram shows what kind of growth
What is rapid growth?
500
The process of designing cities to maximize function and beauty
What is city planning?
500
This is a key factor to the quality of urban life
What is public transportation?
500
Surround metropolitan centers and have low population densities compared with those urban areas; between urban and rural areas
What are suburban areas?