Unit 5 Flashcards
3 concepts to understanding land use and conflict
- The tragedy of the common
- Externalities
- MSY
International Go Categories
- National parks
- Managed resource protected
- Habitat/species management areas
- Strict nature reserves and wilderness areas
- Protected landscapes and seascapes
- National monuments
4 federal lands are managed by 4 agencies
- Bureau of Land management
- United States Forest Service
- National Park Services
- Fish and Wildlife Services
Bureau Land management
Grazing mining, timber and recreation
United States Forest Service
Timber grazing and recreation
National Park Service
Recreation and Conservation
Fish and Wildlife Services
Wildlife conservation, hunting, and recreation
Public land Classification
- Rangeland
- National Forest
- National Parks
- National Wildlife refuge
- Wildness areas
4 main cause of urban sprawl
- Vehicle and Highway construction
- Living cost
- Urban blight
- Government policy
10 Basic Principles of Smart Growth
- Create Mixed land uses
- Create a range of housing opportunities and choices
- Create walkable neighborhoods
- Encourage community and state holder collaboration in development decisions
- Take advantage of compact building designs
- Foster distinctive, attractive communities and a strong sense of place
- Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty and critical environmental areas
- Provide a variety of transportation choices
- Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities
- Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost effective
How to feed everyone in the future
Reduce waste, calorie consumption, and meat consumption
Harvest more from fisheries
Increase plant consumption
Improve crop yield
More land for agriculture
Negative consequences of Irrigation
Salination
Draining aquifers
Water logging
Saltwater Intrusion
Impaired root growth
Destroy natural habitats
Negative Effects of Synthetic Fertilizers
Use fossil fuels
Energy intensive process to make
Runoffs become eutrophication
Do not add organic matter back to the soil
Effects of Monocropping
Greatly improves productivity
More efficient
Uniform care and needs
Environmental degradation
-Soil erosion
- vulnerability to pests and diseases
Benefits of GMOs
Greater yields
Better disease resistance
Reductions in pesticide use
Grow more on less land
Better nutrition
Help reduce world hunger
Increase profits
