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Exam 3 - Pt. 2
Land Use
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Science
Undergraduate 1
04/07/2014

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Term
land - nonrenewable resource
Definition
land's surface
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Urbanization - reasons & problems
Definition
jobs relocated, cities began to grow, farmers had to move due to industial purposes
Term
suburbanization
Definition
cars enabled second migration; get a land use, give up a land use. One part of the city grew out, the next had to move out as well.
Term
"multiple" land use
Definition
many uses out of land managed to get out of land
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Urban % - then and now
Definition

then - 50/50

now - 75% urban

Term
Brownfields
Definition
renovation of old commercial or industrial cites (clean-up)
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