Causes
Characteristics
Problems
Problems #2
Solutions
100
The economic reason to own a house
What is tax incentive
100
Hold your material possessions and absorb a lot of heat
What is parking lots
100
Increased roadways prevent poor water drainage causing..
What is flash flooding
100
Have been filled to convert to agricultural, residential, or commercial use
What is wetlands
100
Improving ... to maximize multiple land usage
What is zoning
200
Wealth measured in material possessions (cars/homes)
What is lifestyle
200
This is caused by inefficient zoning and converting agricultural land
What is excessive land consumption
200
These two air pollutants cause ground level ozone and smog
What is NOx and VOC's
200
Areas that have been abandoned and pollutants and toxins are left behind
What is brownfields
200
Establish ... to protect ecosystems
What is planning agencies
300
Allowed for access from far away areas to city
What is automobiles
300
Shopping centers sharing a common parking lot, built on a high-capacity roadway
What is strip malls
300
These home-care products can runoff causing eutrophication
What is lawn fertilizers
300
These 2 air pollutants cause acid rain
What is SO2 and NOx
300
Method of transportation often used by people in China
What is biking
400
Did not maximize land usage and drove people further and further from the city
What is inefficient zoning
400
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What is repetitive development
400
As cities expand, this type of land is converted to urban areas
What is farmland
400
The type of destruction caused by increased roadways and parking lots
What is habitat destruction
400
Buildings that minimize waste or use alternate energy
What is green buildings
500
It is defined as low-density, geographically spread-out patterns of employment, where the majority of jobs are located outside of the main city
What is job sprawl
500
Single family homes on large lots, with four or fewer units per net acre.
What is low-density housing
500
Building on naturally ocuring ... can cause damage to homes and the economy
What is floodpains
500
Provided economic incentive and legal protection for those who purchase and repair brownfields
What is SBLRBRA
500
Places that will hold your material possessions and don't absorb as much heat
What is grass parking lots
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