The expansion of urban development and increase in population
What is urban growth?
100
Land use comprised of retail and office buildings. Often located in the Central Business District of major cities.
What is commercial land use?
100
The release of harmful chemicals into the environment that degrade the land, water or air
What is pollution?
100
To redevelop the Central Business District of an urban place
What is downtown revitalization?
100
A high-speed form of urban public transportation
What is rapid transit?
200
This is one of the factors that leads to urban growth
What is urbanization?
200
Open space of undeveloped land in an urban place, which is accessible to the public for recreational use.
What is Green Space?
200
Examples of this are homelessness, unemployment, hunger, inadequate housing and unclean water supply
What is poverty?
200
A process of higher-income groups moving back into the downtown core, pushing lower income groups out
What is gentrification?
200
Some of the principles of this type of movement include walkability, green transportation, connectivity, quality design and architecture, diversity and increased density
What is new urbanism?
300
People came to Canada for more opportunities through this process...
What is immigration?
300
Refers to the laws passed by city government, which control the kind and amount of development in an area. These laws are meant to avoid conflict between land use.
What is zoning?
300
Conditions that people in the community feel are undesirable
What are social problems?
300
This movement lead to the incorporation of more green spaces and peaceful areas in urban places
What is the City Beautiful Movement?
300
To increase food supply and production in urban places, and to sustain the population, businesses are starting to incorporate this into their building design.
What are urban greenhouses?
400
We began to see an increase in urban growth, during this revolution.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
400
The land used in an urban place for manufacturing and processing products.
What is Industrial Land Use?
400
Fog that has been mixed with smoke and other environmental pollutants
What is smog?
400
Refers to public efforts to revitalize aging and decaying inner cities, although some suburban communities undertake such projects as well. This includes massive demolition, slum clearance, and rehabilitation of large areas.
What is urban renewal?
400
Solar energy, wind power, geothermal, bioenergy
What are renewable energy sources?
500
Today urban growth is increasing through...
What is urban sprawl?
500
The basic structure and organization of a city
What is infrastructure?
500
During the industrial revolution, some kids would work in the factory instead of going to school.
What is child labour?
500
Urban renewal often involves renovating old buildings into this type of residential density.
What is high residential density?
500
Creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generation