APES CHAPTER 22 SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Pollution from cities rarely affects surrounding regions.

False

________ is measured as the percentage of the people in a country or in the world living in urban areas.

Urbanization

Which of the following factors is an environmental advantage to urbanization?

a reduction of stress on surrounding wildlife habitats

Urban sprawl typically occurs ________ a city or town.

along the edges of

Bicycles offer all of the following advantages for transportation except that when compared to cars they

are more expensive.

The largest source of outdoor air pollution is

automobiles.

A cluster development provides which of the following?

concentrations of high-density housing units

The ultimate goal of any green movement is to

decrease the human ecological footprint.

Urban growth tends to occur more slowly in ________ countries.

developed

Cheap and available land around cities results in

dispersed cities.

Currently, most land-use planning practices encourage

economic development.

Urban areas can grow in all of the following ways except

emigration.

Most cities have huge ecological footprints as shown by their

high waste output.

In the United States, many environmental problems have

improved.

Smart growth promotes all of the following ideas except

increasing dependence on cars.

Urban populations are generally

increasing.

Areas dominated by tenements and rooming houses where several people might live in a single room are known as

slums.

In most developing countries, cars tend to benefit

the affluent minority.

Rapid-rail transit systems are most effective for

traveling among cities.

When it comes to weather, cities are generally ________ than surrounding areas.

warmer