Land Use: Question & Answer – ANSWER KEY Question Answer Resource management The practice of harvesting potentially renewable resources in ways that do not deplete them? Maximum sustainable yield The maximum amount of resource extraction without depleting the resource? About ½ its carrying capacity Best size/time to harvest a population? Managing the harvesting of resources to minimize impact on the Ecosystem –based management ecosystems, ecological processes, and ecosystem services? Adaptive management Systematically testing different management approaches and aiming to improve methods? Forest management Done by foresters, requires balancing ecosystem services and economic demands? Forest ecosystem services Prevents soil erosion, slows runoff, lessens flooding, purifies water, moderates climate, acts as a carbon sink? The ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely because it Sustainability doesn’t deplete the natural capital? Suburban Areas with lower population densities (but fastest growing) surrounding urban cities? Exurban Areas with lower population densities not connected to urban cities? Creation of urbanized areas that spread into rural areas caused by Urban sprawl highway construction, living costs, urban blight, and government policies? Urban blight City revenue decreases as people move to the suburbs? Government Policies: Smart Growth: Patterns of Urban Growth (Urban Sprawl):
Land Use: Question & Answer – ANSWER KEY Question Answer The practice of harvesting potentially renewable resources in ways that do not deplete them? Resource management The maximum amount of resource extraction without depleting the resource? Maximum sustainable yield Best size/time to harvest a population? About ½ its carrying capacity Managing the harvesting of resources to minimize impact on the ecosystems, ecological processes, and ecosystem services? Ecosystem –based management Systematically testing different management approaches and aiming to improve methods? Adaptive management Done by foresters, requires balancing ecosystem services and economic demands? Forest management Prevents soil erosion, slows runoff, lessens flooding, purifies water, moderates climate, acts as a carbon sink? Forest ecosystem services The ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely because it doesn’t deplete the natural capital? Sustainability Areas with lower population densities (but fastest growing) surrounding urban cities? Suburban Areas with lower population densities not connected to urban cities? Exurban Creation of urbanized areas that spread into rural areas caused by highway construction, living costs, urban blight, and government policies? Urban sprawl City revenue decreases as people move to the suburbs? Urban blight Government Policies: Smart Growth: Patterns of Urban Growth (Urban Sprawl):