Variety of Urban Environments
These places: parks, gardens, sports facilities, rivers are all considered
what is Open Space?
This is the commercial and economic core of a city
what is the Central Buisness District?
Road traffic is related to which irritant and type of pollution.
what is Noise pollution?
Energy from natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale.
What are Renewable resources?
This animal is 30 times more likely to be hit by lighting than a human
What is a Giraffe?
This many people are required to be living in a place for it to be considered a Megacity.
what is over ten million people?
These are the attractions (whether real or imagined) that exist at another place (for example, better wages, more jobs, good schools).
What are Pull Factors?
This Case Study is about a city which has the reputation for being the most polluted city in the world. This is due to its combination of diesel exhausts, construction dust, industrial emissions, and the widespread burning of biofuels for cooking.
What is Air pollution in Delhi, India?
This is when a forested area is converted for non-forest reasons.
What is Deforestation?
Who was the 31st president of the United States
Who is Herbert Clark Hoover
This is where the same building is used for one function on one floor and another function on another floor, is common in urban areas.
what is vertical zoning?
This is the redevelopment of areas within a large city, typically involving the clearance of slums.
What is Urban Renewal?
These are Urban areas are generally warmer than those of the surrounding countryside; temperatures are on average 2–4°C higher.
what are urban heat islands?
This is a measurement of the land area required to provide a population with the resources it needs and to dispose of all its waste.
what is urban ecological footprint?
This two-mile Strait of Water connects the United States and Russia when frozen over
What is the Bering Strait
An economic theory that refers to how the price and demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the Central Business District (CBD) increases.
what is the Bid-rent theory?
This is the uncontrolled growth of urban areas at their edges
what is Urban Sprawl
using public transport rather than private cars, using a carpooling scheme, and cycling or walking more. These are examples of..
What is Reducing Emissions/ Reducing Carbon Footprint?
This gas is worst for the environment
What is Methane
This literary term is an intentional exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
Luxury or shopping goods bought or used infrequently, for example, watches and cars
What are High-Order Goods
this is When the birth rate is higher than the death rate in a country or place.
what is natural increase?
This heat island phenomenon used to be observed in the Cheong Gye Cheon Stream area under the impact of heavy traffic on an elevated highway, concentrated commercial facilities
Seoul, South Korea Heat Island
This is a city that is performing well in six categories: namely economy, environment, people, living conditions, governance and mobility. for example: Songdo (South Korea)
What is a "Smart City"?
Who is the current speaker of the house
Who is Mike Johnson?