6.9 Challenges Urban Sustainablity Flashcards
Ecological footprint
The total amount of natural resources used and their impact on the natural environment
What are the challenges to urban sustainability?
The ecological footprint I creases temperatures and
Use lots of water and are subject to flooding because of little open ground
Water and sanitation concerns, air quality, and high energy usage
Natural disasters
How can cities respond the the challenges of sustainability?
Environmental conservation projects
Brown filed remediation
Farmland protection and preservation policies
Phytoremediation
Introducing plants in order to remove contaminants and improve air quality
FPPA
Oversight of federally funded developments projects in farmland (to damaging or not)
Scattered development
Divisions that do not overlap that remove agricultural land from production
Brownfields
Contaminated areas
Brown filed remediation
Fixing the brownfields
Urban risk divide
The more dense a population is the higher damage a natural disaster causes
Urban footprint
The environmental extense that a city has
Ecological footprint
Total amount of resources used and their impact on the environment
Urban heat island
A mass of warm air in cities created by urban building materials and human activities
How does vegetation improve sustainability
Water quality
Reduces pollution
Muffles mood
Soul improvements
Homes for animals
Prevents natural disatasyers
