Bio and Human Spheres

Urban Planning and Sustainabilty

What is the meaning of enduring into the long-term future?

sustainability

Who wrote the book, Silent Spring, which stated "a world without birds that could be the ultimate outcome of indiscriminate pesticide use…potentially threat to humans"?

Rachael Carson

What was the significance of the Love Canal disaster?

Severe health problems in a community built on the top of a former waste site for a chemical company

The fair treatment and meaning involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with regard to policy making around environmental issues would best describe the/an ( ) approach, a key demand of the ( ) movement.

equity, environmental justice

A shorthand formula that can help to calculate how long a quantity (e.g., population), will take to double in size is known as the

rule of seventy

There are four major systems, or 'spheres' in the Earth system. They are the

lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere

Who wrote the book "The Wealth of Nations"?

Adam Smith

What is matter?

It is the name given to all physical substances. It can be stored, transferred, and moved around in systems

"Malthusian" thinking points to as the source of environmental problems.

people/population growth

Hydrosphere is

any area of the Earth that consists of water

can be calculated based on the number of individuals that an area can indefinitely support without degrading the ecosystem.

carrying capacity

What is FAR?

Area of building/ area of the entire site.

Approximately % of all people in 2016 live in urban areas.

55

Based on the "Rule of 70" and projections from the United Nations, if global population growth rate is 2%, in __ years, the global population will be double.

35

One major goal of Comprehensive Planning is to:

Promote health, safety, and welfare for a community.

A Comprehensive Plan is:

A long-term plan (usually 20-30 years) that discusses the future vision and goals for a community.

An element(s) of a Comprehensive Plan include(s):

-Maps that show future transportation plans.

-Policy, Goals, and Objectives.

-Future Land Use maps that show future growth of a community.

18 James Lovelock created the concept of the planet as a self-regulating system. This is

Gaia Theory

In the formula used to calculate human impact on the environment, I = P × A × T, what does T represent?

technology