geography unit 5 Flashcards
what are the 6 land uses?
-residential
-transportation
-insitutional
-open space (agriculture)
-Industrial
-commercial
Resdiential land use?
where people live. eg. houses, apartments
transportation land use?
land used to move people around. eg. sidewalk, roads, airports, train tracks.
institutional land use?
governemnt buildings. eg. schools, hospitals, police departments
open space (agriculture) land use?
vacant land or left in naturalt state or used to grow crops. eg, forests.
insustrial land use?
land used for industry. eg. factories, power plant, warehouse
commercial land use?
land used for commercial activities. eg. any land used for buying, selling, and services.
what qualities make cities livable?
-affordable
-culture
-clean air
-education
-fresh water
accessible transportation
what qualities make citites non-livable.
-not affordable
-polluted
-high poverty
-no accessible
-bad health care
what technology is used in livable citites?
-drones to deliver mail
-robots to teach kids about robotics at an early age.