Urban Ecology

The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

Biology

Lithology

Ecology

Farmacology

How much of the world's population live in cities?

More than 50%

25%

Less than 50%

Less than 25%

Which theory of city growth emphasizes the idea that growth in any one area of a city is largely influenced by politics and economics?

Concentric zone

Multiple nuclei

Peripheral

Sector

The ________ are urban residents who cannot move when community or personal changes occur or when other groups move in.

Cosmopolites

Singles

Deprived

Trapped

This approach examines the relationship between city people and the urban environment

Urbanization

Malthusian theory

Urban ecology

Environmental relations

What is the process of expansion of cities into rural areas called?

Urbanization

Urban Sprawl

Urban Renewal

None of the above

This event is the primary reason why rural populations move to urban areas.

Disease spreading through populations or crops

Switching from barter to money economic systems

Industrialization

All of the above

Which of these is FALSE when it comes to industrialization.

Less farmers are needed because the cities are growing.

Transportation becomes easier.

There are more jobs in the cities.

Climate change does not affect these areas.

Which of these are NOT ways to improve industrialization?

Build more tall concrete structures.

Land-use planning

Mass transit

Open spaces

How would you best define decentralisation?

The dispersal of activities and people from small urban centres to larger ones

The dispersal of activities and people from large urban centres to smaller ones

The deterioration of the built environment

The renovation and enhancement of the built environment

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