Urban bits Flashcards
1
Q
Examples of renewable resources
A
water, crops, timber, seafood, fisheries
2
Q
What are the disadvantages of creating more roads to reduce congestion?
A
It will generate more traffic. Any policy that reduces congestion without making driving more expensive will attract new traffic.
3
Q
Examples of non-renewable resources
A
minerals, metals, fossils
4
Q
How much food produced gets wasted?
A
1/3 of food
5
Q
What are negative aspects of extractive industries?
A
Not renewable within our lifetimes (100-1000 years), corporations will pay developing countries to extract and they will take it as it benefits their economy
6
Q
3 levels of a circular economy
A
Macro, meso and micro levels
