Provide four examples of how growing urbanization affects the environment.
i.e. light pollution, water pollution, loss of arable land, loss of habitat
Suggest two sustainable resources that a community might use instead of fossil fuels.
i.e. solar, wind
What is an effect of desertification?
i.e. people cannot grow crops, so they leave their homes--changes settlement patterns
What are 3 factors that influence population growth rate?
birth rate, death rate, migration
What are two examples of a physical process?
i.e. flooding, landslides
What are the three principles of sustainability?
environmental, social, economic
What is population density?
the number of people in a specific area
What is land-use conflict?
people competing for scarce land and having different opinions about how it should be used
Give an example of a challenge to sustainability.
i.e. growing population increases demands on resources
Identify 3 settlement trends.
i.e. increased global migration, growing number of people moving to urban areas, development of sprawling cities and megaregions
Clustered population is one type of population distribution pattern. Name 3 others.
scattered, linear, peripheral
What is happening to sea levels around the world?
rising each year