Urban Sprawl

This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• urban sprawl
• metropolitan area
• rural fringe
• whooping cough

Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?

• new, affordable homes
• more farmland
• destruction of habitats
• more people pass their geography quiz

What part of the metropolitan area is A pointing to?

• urban core
• urban fringe
• rural fringe 
• metropolitan area

What part of the metropolitan area is B pointing to?

• urban core
• rural fringe
• urban fringe
• mitochondria

What part of the metropolitan area is C pointing to?

• rural fringe
• urban fringe
• urban core
• cell membrane

What part of the metropolitan area is a suburb most likely to be located in?

• the rural fringe

• the urban core

• the urban fringe

• no area

What is a metropolitan area?

• spreading of urban developments on a city
• A region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs
• The directness of routes linking pairs of places

Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?

• there are more affordable houses

• increased pollution

• destruction of habitats

• traffic congestion

What mode of transportation allowed city workers to live in far away suburbs and commute to their jobs?

• A. streetcars
• B. horses
• C. cars
• D. trains
  

What kind of reasons do many people give to support urban growth?

• emotional
• economic
• health
• environmental