apes 5.10 impacts of urbanization

Which of the following aspects of the design for this new urban development will best help to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere?

Access to the mass transit train line will provide inhabitants an alternative to driving personal vehicles.

Which of the following would be considered an advantage of increased urban sprawl?

As individuals move out of urban areas to nearby suburbs, the population densities of cities will decrease, reducing the spread of infectious disease.

Urbanization can lead to

depletion of resources and saltwater intrusion in the hydrologic cycle.

Urban sprawl

is the change in population distribution from high population density areas to low-density suburbs that spread into rural lands, leading to potential environmental problems.

Which of the following describes an aspect of urbanization that would most increase the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere compared to rural and suburban areas?

Increased amounts of waste per unit area in urban areas that leads to higher rates of decay and decomposition

Which of the following best describes an environmental advantage of urbanization?

Individuals living in cities usually have a lower transportation carbon footprint than individuals living in rural areas.

urbanization

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

An urban planner is designing a new urban housing development in a currently rural area near an existing city. The urban development will have five 10-story apartment buildings, two basketball courts, a playground with permeable foam pavers, a 10-acre green space with a small man-made pond, one 5-story parking deck, and direct access to the mass transit train line. Which of the following aspects in the design for this new urban development would most likely have the greatest negative environmental impact?

The five apartment buildings

saltwater intrusion

The movement of salt water into freshwater aquifers in coastal and inland areas as groundwater is withdrawn faster than it is recharged by precipitation; destroys aquifers

Which of the following solutions would help decrease flood frequencies and flood sizes that are caused by urbanization?

Using new, more permeable materials for roads and sidewalks

Impervious surfaces are human-made structures—such as roads, buildings, sidewalks, and parking lots—that do not

allow water to reach the soil, leading to flooding

Urbanization, through the burning of fossil fuels and landfills, affects

the carbon cycle by increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

urbanization negative effects

cant refill aquifers, runoff, flooding, increased fossil fuel use