Humans in their ecological setting Flashcards

1
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by
definition, is the “planning of city strategies,
structures, and policies.” The focus is more technical
and political on the strategy, structure, and policy.

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Urban planning

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is planning a city’s structures,
including its policies, infrastructure, neighborhoods,
building codes, and regulations.

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Urban planning

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2
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is used to focus solely on designing
individual city features. This could be a transportation
system, city park, or wastewater treatment facility.

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Urban design

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3
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for those who want to do creative
work. People who want to work on quality of life,
population resilience, and sustainability will find
rewarding career as urban designers.

A

Urban design

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4
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often speak at public gatherings
and assess market research data to discover the
wants and needs of a city.

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Urban Planners

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5
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They are tasked with
working alongside land developers and public officials
to build plans for the development of parks and
public buildings that the surrounding community will
benefit from.

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Urban Planners

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stay busy meeting up with a range of clients
while relying on programs like AutoCAD, SketchUp, and GIS to
develop blueprints for city parks and public buildings.

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Urban Designers

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7
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This
career requires a good deal of creativity and artistic vision, as
well as the ability to make sure plans are workable. They meet
with landscapers, civil engineers, and a variety of other
professionals to create workable designs. After the project is
complete, it is important that the urban designer meets with
the client to ensure it covers all of their specifications.

A

Urban Designers

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8
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is the interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary study of the
relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built
environments.

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Human ecology

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9
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as a discipline was technically born when
Ernst Haeckel used the word “oekologie” in 1866 to describe the
study of an organism’s relationship to its environment.

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ecology

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10
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is composed of concepts from ecology like interconnectivity,
community behavior, and spatial organization. From the
beginning, human ecology was present in geography and
sociology, but also in biological ecology and zoology.

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human ecology

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11
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characteristics of populations

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location
density
growth rate

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12
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causes of change in population size

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number of births
number of deaths
Number of individuals t hat move in or out of a certain area or place

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13
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Under ideal
conditions
populations grow

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exponentially

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14
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as the population grows larger, it grows faster

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Under ideal
conditions
populations grow
exponentially.

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15
Q

In the natural world
population shows

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logistic growth

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16
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population growth slows or stops after a period of exponential growth

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logistic growth

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17
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population reaches a carrying capacity

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logistic growth

18
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limiting factors of population size

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density independent and dependent limits

19
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limits that affect a population regardless of population size

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density independent limits

20
Q

temperature, storms, flood

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density independent limits

21
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limits that increase as population size increases

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density dependent limits

22
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diseases. parasites, competition, predators

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density dependent limits

23
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world human population growth is

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exponential

24
Q

Disrupting ecosystems can
threaten biodiversity

A

hunting
agriculture
animal domestication
urbanization

25
Q

the movement to cities

A

urbanization

26
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urbanization outcome

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  • Increased runoff causing flooding & erosion
  • Use of nonrenewable natural resources
27
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human destruction of forests, building of
malls, houses, farming

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deforestation

28
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deforestation outcome

A

Loss of biodiversity
Soil erosion – loss of topsoil

29
Q

when plants are harvested soil becomes less
fertile

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overfarming

30
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overfarming outcome

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Abandoned field
Erosion of topsoil

31
Q

non-renewable natural resources

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Coal, oil, natural gas,
metals, minerals
Can be taken from the
earth only once

32
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renewable natural resources

A

Air, water, soil, sunlight, living
things
Resources that are naturally
replaced
Human activity can disrupt the
natural events that replace the
resources

33
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use of natural resources at a rate that does
not deplete them.

A

sustainable use

34
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conservation efforts

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recycling
conserving soil
conserving forests
controlling pollution
restoring the environment

35
Q

crops planted to cover a field to prevent erosion
Can also plant in between rows

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cover crops

36
Q

soil conservation

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  • Crop rotation
  • Fertilizer
  • Strip cropping
  • Terracing
  • Contour Farming
  • Windbreaks
37
Q

conservation forests

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sustained-yield-free farming
reforestation

38
Q

cutting down trees only in certain areas
so surrounding areas are untouched

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sustained-yield-free farming

39
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replace lost trees by planting new ones

A

Reforestation

40
Q

Controlling Pollution

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Emission controls for cars
* Ban aerosol sprays
* Control industrial waste
* Sewage treatment plants
* Sewage treatment plants
* Special sites for toxic
waste

41
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control industrial waste

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gas treated before released
- ban on dumping waste in water& land

41
Q

use bacteria to treat water before
releasing

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sewage treatment plants