Keith Urbanization
Over 50% of the earth's population lives in these areas.
Urban areas
Uncontrolled expansion of urban developments that expand into nature and destroy the environment
Urban Sprawl
The integration of forestry and croplands.
Agroforestry
This type of agriculture seeks to reduce the impact food production has on human health, but is not always more sustainable.
Organic Agriculture
The structure where we store our waste.
Landfills
a factor that encourages people to leave rural environments for cities.
The growth of this urban environment spreads out cities, reduces access to services, and leads to greater dependency on personal vehicles
suburban areas
Only cutting trees that are defective or of specific ages.
Selective Cutting
Meat consumption is highest in _____ nations.
developed
Wastes that include technology like computers and phones.
E-Waste
What are three reasons people move to cities?
Entertainment
Community
Access to services
Job opportunities
Education
The use of this type of road makes transit both more difficult and more dangerous and actually decreases the access to services.
Stroads
This is the process in which trees are replanted in an area where they have been previously cut down.
Reforestation
The use of these materials contributes to the greenhouse gas emissions of agriculture due to how they are produced.
Synthetic Fertilizers
This type of waste is considered to carry significant risk to human health and can include multiple types of waste including medical, industrial, e-waste, or biological.
Hazardous Waste
Identify two ways that urbanization can impact groundwater resources.
Saltwater intrusion/Salinization, depletion, pollution
The practice of classifying areas for different types of development and land use.
Zoning (Euclidian Zoning)
In this method of sustainable forestry, fire is deliberately set under controlled conditions to reduce the accumulation of biomass.
What are prescribed burns?
As demonstrated during the Dust Bowl, overgrazing leads to this decline in land fertility.
Desertification
What is the primary tool used to combat excessive waste in landfills?
Recycling
This is caused by road construction, clear cutting, agriculture, and urban development that reduces large habitats into smaller divided areas.
habitat fragmentation
This type of urban sprawl happens in long stretches out of the city as cities expand along roadways
Ribbon Sprawl/Growth
What are some typical reasons for deforestion?
Protecting crops from insects and other invasive species using multiple types of plants, native insects or predators, or other natural tools
Integrated Pest Management
Which of the following is NOT used by the timber industry to generate an estimate for a tree’s value upon harvesting?
A - the carbon stored within the tissues
B - the diameter at breast height (DBH)
C - the height of the tree
D - the tree species
D - The Tree Species
Describe the process of Urban Blight in 5 steps.
1. Neighborhood declines
2. Populations move to suburbs
3. Tax revenue decreases
4. Services are reduced
5. Businesses lose customers and leave
List three ways Smarth Growth can improve cities for humans.
More greenspaces
Better Public Transit
More Walkable
Better Access to Services
The use of modern breeds of plants, including GMO species, modern irrigation techniques, and fertilizers to increase crop yield was this Green Revolution.
The Third Green Revolution
How is industrialized agriculture different from traditional agriculture (give me 2)
Industrial focuses on mono-crops over multicropping
Industrial uses synthetic fertilizers and pesticides to increase yield over manure and water
Industrial uses heavy machinery for labor over people
Industrial's goal is to continuously increase crop yield over just subsistence
Which type of waste is produced the most by people?
Clothing and Footwear (Textiles)
Name and describe 3 agricultural practices that are currently used to increase the sustainability of a farm.
Row Cropping
Multi-cropping
Agroforestry
Natural fertilizers
Water-reducing irrigation methods
Native pest control/IPM
No/Low-Till Farming
Planting Cover Crops