Urbanization

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Questions

• How does the pavement and buildings in a city affect local climate?
• How has human development affected the Everglades?
• How might upward growth of cities be a better choice than outward growth?
• What is the effect of urbanization on land?
• When is the urban heat island effect most likely to occur?
• How does the temperature of urban areas like Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Chicago differs from that of surrounding rural areas?
• How can urbanization affect water sources?