Land Use

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Land Use
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Urban vs. Rural

• Urban
• Covered with buildings and roads
• Rural
• Large areas of open space with few people
• Most land provides one or more resources that
  people use! Until 1850 most people lived in rural
  areas. Movement of people to urban areas happened
  from 1880-1950 due to the Industrial Revolution.

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Urban vs. Rural

• Ecosystem Services Johnston Co.
  census Raleigh Census
• Rural areas produce the resources that urban
  areas require.
• No rural areas NO resources for ANYONE!

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Urban Crisis

• The movement of people from rural areas to urban
  areas is known as urbanization.
• When urban areas grow too fast, they run in to
  trouble.
• Name some issues
• Urban Sprawl
• Rapid expansion of a city into the countryside
  around the city.

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Heat Islands

• Cities generate and trap heat
• The increased temperature in the city is called a
  heat island.
• Roads and buildings absorb and retain more heat
  than vegetation
• Affects weather patterns.
• Causes hot air to rise, creating rain clouds and
  producing more rain!
• Can be moderated by planting trees and installing
  reflective rooftops.

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Farmlands

• Land used to grow crops and fruit
• Threatened by urban development
• US Government established a national Farmland
  Protection Program to help state, county, and
  local governments protect farmland

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Rangelands

• Grasslands, shrublands and deserts
• Not used for farming or timber production!
• Most commonly used for grazing of livestock
• Overgrazing
• Allowing more animals to graze in an area than
  the range can support
• Vegetation can be replaced with less desirable
  species or can disappear all together!

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Forest Lands

• Trees are harvested to provide products we use
  everyday.
• Paper, Furniture, Lumber, Plywood, Maple Syrup,
  Turpentine etc.
• Clear cutting
• Removing ALL trees
• Destroys habitats, causes erosion
• Selective Cutting
• Cutting and removing on middle aged to mature
  trees
• More expensive, less destructive

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Forest Lands

• Deforestation
• Clearing trees without replacing them
• Destroys habitats, causes erosion, natural
  resources depleted
• Highest rates in Tropical Rain Forests
• Reforestation
• Trees are planted to re-establish trees that have
  been cut down

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Parks and Preserves

• Land set aside for public use and enjoyment
• Various uses hunting, fishing, hiking, camping
• Protects habitats of endangered species
• Affected by pollution urban sprawl
• US has about 50 national parks and YOU share in
  the ownership!
• Yellowstone was the 1st created

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In what ways is your life affected by forest?

• Create a word list of as many things as possible
  that you can think of that forests provide.

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