Exam 13: Urbanization and Solid and Hazardous Waste

The city government of ____________________ has taken measures that reduced the percentage of days each year in which air pollution standards are violated from 50% to 20%. The government banned cars from the central city area; phased in cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles; and planted more green space.

Does the 1992 Basel Convention advance or hinder environmental justice? Explain your reasoning.

Which of the following statements about landfill processes is false?

____________________ are excavated depressions such as ponds, pits, or lagoons into which liquid hazardous wastes are stored.

Which of the following strategies for dealing with e-wastes fits best with at least one of the three principles of sustainability?

Today, ____ of the world's population and ____ of the U.S. population live in urban and suburban areas.

Charging a fee or tax on gasoline is an ineffective way to phase in full-cost pricing to offset the environmental and health costs caused by automobile use.

____________________ involves using natural or genetically engineered plants to absorb, filter and remove contaminants from polluted soil and water.

Sanitary landfills typically have problems with

Labeling -On the hazardous waste landfill figure, choose the letter that identifies the location of the groundwater monitoring well.

How much of the hazardous and toxic waste produced in the United States is unregulated?

In 2000, the parliament of which country enacted a law that by 2020 will ban all chemicals that are persistent and can bioaccumulate in living tissue?

Describe how the three principles of sustainability can be applied to create a successful ecocity.

Smart growth is a form of urban planning that

Bioremediation of hazardous waste uses ____ to detoxify hazardous waste.