Land Use
Ground that is frozen all year round.
What is permafrost?
Indigenous land rights are an influence on land use.
What is Cultural Influence?
Characteristics of people, by age, gender, income, and education.
What is demographics?
Land used for housing.
What is residential?
This natural event, made more intense by climate change, can force changes in land-use planning in flood-prone areas.
What is flooding?
Needing permits and zoning laws for using land.
What is Political influence?
B.C needs to adjust there infrastructure so it does not crumble.
What is earthquakes?
Approximately 40% of the land use.
What is Residential land use?
This term describes long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns, often impacting land use.
What is climate change?
Natural resources can influence land use.
What is economics?
A city's downtown core with offices and shops is mostly categorized under this land use.
What is commercial land use?
More than 100 People per 250 hectares.
What is High density?
Observable events that occur in the natural world without human intervention.
What is Natural Phenomena?
The influences of land use in the Ring of Fire.
What is Economics, Political, and Cultural?
Name one cultural reason a community might want to preserve a specific area from development.
What is a Heritage/ Historical site?
Approximately 6% of land use.
What is Industrial Land Use?
Processes driven by forces of nature, such as gravity, heat, or motion, are usually observable and measurable
What is Physical Process?
The Influence of the Toronto Condo Boom.
What is social?
A government organization that works with worldwide governments to promote health.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?