Land Planning Quiz Prep

• What is hazardous waste?

• Any waste product that can harm people or the environment is hazardous waste

•How do we dispose of hazardous waste?

• What is “urban sprawl?”

• The tendency for people to move out of the cities and develop farmland at a lower population density than the cities

• What is the energy advantage of cities?

• Lower heat usage

• Lower transportation distances

• Lower amount of road building

• Less far to pump water and waste

• Lower energy use by fire and police

• What does your cell phone have to do with civil war in Africa?

• Tantalum mining is being used by the rebels and the government to fight a war that is killing thousands of civilians

•Should global companies have a responsibility to countrys that are injured by the company’s profit making?

•Explain how good planning helps the environment.

•Define the words listed on the next 9 slides

•Urban

•Suburban

•Rural

•Range land

•Forest land

•Crop land

•Land Preserves

Ecosystem services

•Wetlands

•What are 6 things that Ecosystem Services does?

Purify air & water

• Preserve & renew soil fertility

• Flood control

• Drought control

• Climate control

• Maintain biodiversity

•What are 3 reasons for urbanization?

•Jobs

•Education

•Culture

•Problem – The Urban Crisis

•What category of problems is caused by growth that is too fast?

• Growth too fast leads to INFRASTRUCTURE problems

•What are 7 INFRASTRUCTURE problems?

• Traffic jams – Not enough roads• Substandard housing• School overcrowding• Police, fire & medical

shortages• Water shortages (Water &

piping)• Water pollution because of

inadequate sewer capacity• Substandard housing

•What does urban sprawl have to do with food production?

• In the US, 2.5 million acres of farmland is taken out of production each year!

• What watershed problems come from Urban Sprawl?

• Water runs off instead of going into ground – streams flood

• Pollution from pesticides, waste & weed killers

• What 7 energy problems come from Urban Sprawl?

• People need cars to get to work – we can’t provide public transportation

• Longer roads for fewer people

• Houses less energy efficient than in city

• Fire, police, ambulances stretched thin

• Septic problems because sewer lines too long

• Houses built on marginal land that is not stable

• Heat islands cause more storms

•What is the main advantage of urban planning?

• Provides infrastructure before it is needed

• Examples:• White Marsh, Hunt

Valley building envelopes in Balto Co

• Rt 24, Rt 40, Rt 543, Bel Air, Aberdeen, HdG Building envelopes in Harford County

•What are 2 things good urban planning brings to transportation?

•Mass Transit needed to urban centers/jobs

• Good roads and controls to avoid traffic jams

What’s it’s problem?

Farm Land• 250 million acres in US

• Much is threatened by development

What’s it’s problem?

Range Land Problems• Can become degraded by

over grazing• Invasive plants a problem• Need to increase

production to feed increasing population.

•What are things that must be done to maintain our rangeland?

Range Land Maintenance

• Allow to rest

• Limit herd size

• Kill invasive species

• Replant with native plants

What’s it’s products??

Forest Lands

• Wood

• Paper

• Maple syrup

• Turpentine

• Oxygen

• Lower carbon dioxide

• Slow erosion

•How much forest does each American consume each year?

•Each person in the US consumes about a 90 foot tall tree each year.

•What does it mean to clear cut timber?

Clear Cut

•What is selective cutting?

Selective Cutting

•What is deforestation?

Deforestation

• Clearing of trees from an area without plans of replacing them. Generally done for farming or building

•What is reforestation, and why does it happen?

Reforestation• Planting or allowing the

forest to grow back

• Generally in lands that prove to be poor for farming

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