Land, Private, and Public

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Across
  1. 4. measures that keep prices for customers below market levels, or for suppliers above market levels, or reduce costs for customers and suppliers.
  2. 6. includes a mix of commercial, residential, office and entertainment centered around or located near a transit station.
  3. 10. the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
  4. 11. the practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land
  5. 14. the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and combat pest and weed pressure.
  6. 18. is the large-scale, intensive production of crops and animals, often involving chemical fertilizers on crops or the routine, harmful use of antibiotics in animals (as a way to compensate for filthy conditions, even when the animals are not sick)
  7. 22. use refers to the use of land for more than one purpose, for example, grazing of livestock, recreation and timber production.
  8. 25. is the practice of growing two or more crops in proximity.
  9. 27. plowing along the contours of the land in order to minimize soil erosion.
  10. 29. the cutting down of selected trees in a forest so that growth of other trees is not affected.
  11. 30. also called sprawl or suburban sprawl, the rapid expansion of the geographic extent of cities and towns, often characterized by low-density residential housing, single-use zoning, and increased reliance on the private automobile for transportation.
Down
  1. 1. also known as urban rot, urban death and urban blight) is the sociological process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude.
  2. 2. creating homes for families of all income levels alongside one another in locations where daily needs are close by.
  3. 3. refers to the idea that increasing roadway capacity encourages more people to drive, thus failing to improve congestion.
  4. 5. a type of pesticide that target a specific pest species. These pesticides have a minimal impact on organisms that are not targeted by the pesticide. Selective pesticides can be applied directly to plants or to the surface of the soil
  5. 7. an action or activity intended to remedy, reduce, or offset known negative impacts to the environment.
  6. 8. the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.
  7. 9. is a government document that outlines the impact of a proposed project on its surrounding environment.
  8. 12. a side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the cost of the goods or services involved, such as the pollination of surrounding crops by bees kept for honey.
  9. 13. a form of pastoralism in which livestock are herded in order to seek for fresh pastures on which to graze.
  10. 15. allows for the horizontal and vertical combination of land uses in a given area.
  11. 16. an independent party with whom each of those who make a wager deposits the money or counters wagered.
  12. 17. Grantees may provide an interest rate subsidy to make the payments more affordable.
  13. 19. an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will over the long term: Satisfy human food and fiber needs.
  14. 20. is the intentional integration of woody vegetation, such as trees and shrubs, with crops and/or livestock simultaneously or sequentially on a land management unit.
  15. 21. a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families
  16. 23. also called till-less agriculture, cultivation technique in which the soil is disturbed only along the slit or in the hole into which the seeds are planted; reserved detritus from previous crops covers and protects the seedbed.
  17. 24. he process by which toxins enter the food web by building up in individual organisms, while biomagnification is the process by which toxins are passed from one trophic level to the next (and thereby increase in concentration) within a food web.
  18. 26. areas just beyond a city's border
  19. 28. A shortage of food may happen when not enough food is produced, such as when crops fail due to drought, pests, or too much moisture.