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| what percent of all cities are made up of hard surfaces |
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| what can skyscrapers do to airflow |
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| obstruct it and cause turbulence |
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| the more urban development, the more stress on ___________ |
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| what causes the urban heat island |
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| little vegetation or evaporation causes cites to be 2-5 degrees warmer than the countryside |
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| how do pollution domes work |
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| as you move up in elevation the temperature drops and warm air traps colder air underneath it |
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| warm air traps colder air underneath it |
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| how many people live in curitiba brazil? |
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| curitiba was a small town until _________ |
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| when did curitiba experience out of control population growth? |
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| what were some of curitibas solutions to transportation? |
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| shut down the busiest streets to cars. desinged city for growth on existing bus lines. |
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| what were some of curitibas solutions to recycling? |
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| gave bus tokens to people in slums for their trash |
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| what were some of curitibas solutions to affordable housing? |
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| Cohab. allowed people to buy houses for their small business too |
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| what were some of curitibas solutions to green space? |
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| replaced favelas and placed a park with a lake in that spot. 30 parks all contain floods. has 3 times the recomended greenspace per inhabitant. |
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