CHAPTER 12 - land-use planning
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| urban sprawl | a pattern of unplanned, low density housing and commercial development outside of cities that usually takes place on previously undeveloped land
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| tract development | the construction of similar residential units over large areas
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| ribbon sprawl | development along transportation routes that usually consists of commercial and industrial building
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| megalopolis | a large, regional urban center
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| floodplains | lowland area on either side of a river that is periodically covered by water
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| floodplain zoning ordinances | municipal laws that restrict future building in floodplains
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| wetlands | areas that include swamps, tidal marches, coastal wetlands, and estuaries
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| land-use planning | the process of evaluating the needs and wants of the population, the characteristics and values of the land, and various alternative solutions before changes in land use are made
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| urban growth limit | a boundary established by municipal government that encourages development within the boundary and prohibits it outside the boundary
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| zoning | type of land-use regulation in which land is designated for specific potential uses, such as agricultural, commercial, residential, recreational, and industrial
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| nature centers | teaching institutions that provide a variety of methods for people to learn about and appreciate the natural world
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| brownfields | buildings and land that have been abandoned because they are contaminated and the cost of cleaning up the site is high
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| brownfields development | the concept that abandoned contaminated sites can be cleaned up sufficiently to allow some specified uses without totally removing all of the contaminants
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