Unit 5: Liveable Communities

Question 1

Liveability

Answer 1

Characteristics of a community that contribute to the quality of life of the people who live there.

Question 2

Sustainability

Answer 2

Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of ecosystems

Question 3

Liveability factors

Answer 3

-Economic opportunity
-Educational opportunities
-Health of a community
-Social opportunities

Question 4

Types of land uses (Residential)

Answer 4

-Majority of a typical Canadian community
-Includes low, medium, and high density housing
-Ex, across york region

Question 5

Transportation

Answer 5

-Designated for roads, public transit, and parking
-Ex. Roads, Train tracks, Airports

Question 6

Institutional

Answer 6

-Used for public facilities
-Used for government, education, healthcare, etc

Question 7

Open and Green Space

Answer 7

-Land set aside for recreation and conservation
-Ex. Richmond Green facilities ( conservation area located behind Bayview)

Question 8

Industrial

Answer 8

-Land use for manufacturing
-As well as development for processing, warehousi;g, and storage
-Ex. York Region close to highways 400, 404,407

Question 9

Commercial

Answer 9

-Includes any development for retail,Service, or office use.

Question 10

Urban sprawl

Answer 10

As community population increases, land use expands outwards
-Usually into productive agricultural land

Question 11

Dispersed

Answer 11

Group of people spread out over an area

Question 12

Dispersed

Answer 12

Group of people spread out over an area

Question 13

Lineae

Answer 13

People live along a line-like feature such as a road, river, etc

Question 14

Concentrated

Answer 14

-Large amount of people live closely together in a smaller area.