Exam 17: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Discuss the three stages of the demographic transition theory.

The baby boom took place between:

Discuss any two environmental problems and the negative consequences associated with each of these problems. Name one type of global response to environmental problems and provide an example.

Subcities are developments at the outermost ring surrounding large cities that resemble cities rather than suburbs.

Juan Carlos lives in Mexico and wants to move to the United States because he seeks a better life and job opportunities. These are referred to as push factors.

The final stage of the demographic transition theory is:

John studies the fertility and migration trends of countries around the world. John would be classified as a(n) _____________________.

________________ refers to areas where land and housing costs are lower, and at their outer edges they blend into the rural countryside and agricultural areas.

Migrants who gain entry without passing a checkpoint are called undocumented immigrants.

Over ________________ new cases of cancer per year in the United States can be traced to obesity.

Globally, fertility rates are _____________________.

The depletion of the ozone layer in the Earth's polar regions has been referred to as an ___________________.

When real estate capital is reinvested in blighted inner-city areas in order to create a new infrastructure for the well-to-do, this is referred to as ______________________.

Many global environmental problems are traceable to communistic economic development.

Infanticide is most commonly found in South and East Asia.

Landscape urbanism is a new urban development toward ecological sustainability in the new urbanism.

______________________ is the decline in the water supply as a result of the degradation and deterioration of soil and vegetation.

During the Great Depression, the United States experienced a high increase in population growth.

Migrants who are forced to leave their homeland, or leave involuntarily due to fear for safety, are called ___________.

During the process of gentrification, who is often forced out of the blighted areas in order to make way for new housing?