URBANIZATION

What is Urbanization?

-Industrial Uses, Clear cut land to place industrial plants

-Hazardous Waste Produced, Thermal Pollution-water too hot, Chemical waste entering
water systems
-New subdivisions are cropping up due to the population growth in areas
-Land is cleared for commercial use (retail businesses and medical facilities)
-Urbanization- a lot of people living in one area

Why are big cities growing?

-Increase in birth rates

-Immigration- poor are moving to larger cities and away from rural
areas

What are Heat Islands?

-The enormous amount of heat generated creates an urban heat island

-Because concrete holds and generates heat, more people you have more heat you have, the
moving people you have more heat and you have industrial factories

What are the benefits and problems with urban development?

BENEFITS

PROBLEMS

-Better education system

-Infectious diseases

-Medical services

-Inadequate water system

-Social service

-Poor sewer systems

-More jobs

-Exposure to pollution

What is Carrying Capacity?

-Maximum number of individuals the environment can support

What is Smart Growth?

SMART GROWTH- growing your city also involved with the people and the environment

-Reduces dependence on cars

-Controls and directs sprawl
-Cuts wasteful resources use