environmental science

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These are a couple chapters of my environmental text with review questions


 
  
Created May 6, 2009
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sullivanm

 

 
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Two or more uses of a land may occur at the same time.  
 
multiple land use
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2. Construction of an orderly list of priorities for the use of available land.  
 
land-use planning
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 3. Large, regional urban center.
 
megalopolis
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4. Construction of similar residential units over large areas.  
 
tract development
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 5. Development along transportation routes.  
 
ribbon sprawl 
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6. Process in which land is designated for a specific use.
 
zoning 
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7. Unplanned suburban growth  
 
urban sprawl 
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8. Areas that include swamps, tidal marshes, and estuaries.
 
wetlands
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9. Lowland area on either side of a river.
 
flood plain 
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10. Designations that restrict future building in floodplains.
 
floodplain zoning 

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