Urban sprawl and national parks vocab

the process of filling in empty or run-down part of a city with new development

• suburb

• fauna

• infill

• urban sprawl

the ways in which people use a particular area of Earth's surface, for example for farming, development or preservation

• land use

• suburb

• rural fringe

• national park

a major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it

• land use

• suburb

• rural fringe

• metropolitan area

the small towns, farms and open spaces taht lie just beyond a city's suburbs

• land use

• suburb

• rural fringe

• metropolitan area

a developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes. Many ______also have stores and businesses.

• land use

• suburb

• rural fringe

• metropolitan area

the older part of a big city. Often the _____ _____ serves as the downtown or central business district of a city

• urban sprawl

• suburb

• urban core

• metropolitan area

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

• urban sprawl

• suburb

• urban core

• metropolitan area

someone who works to protect the beauty and national resources of the environment from destruction or pollution.

• national park

• fauna

• conservationist

• flora

all the animal life in a particular region

• national park

• fauna

• conservationist

• flora

all the plant life in a particular region

• national park

• fauna

• conservationist

• flora