AP Human Geography / Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
6.11 Challenges of Urban Sustainability
Notes
Problems: pollution, traffic, waste, water supply, heat islands, loss of farmland and habitat.
- Solutions: public transit, recycling, green buildings, brownfield redevelopment.
Practice
Redeveloping abandoned industrial land is reusing a:
Old contaminated sites.
Cities are warmer than nearby rural areas because of the:
Pavement absorbs heat.
Which improves urban sustainability?
Fewer cars.
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