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Urban Sprawl- It is the expansion of cities into neighboring areas
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The expansion of one city to another areas.
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Jaskiran Garcha
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Urban Sprawl- It is the expansion of cities into neighboring areas
Economic Consequences
Less foresest or agriculture land
Less jobs for these industries
More unemplyoment rate
The more use of automobiles
The more area needed for parking
The more area for parking means smaller government budget for other things
Social Consequences
Bigger City
More maintainance cost
Increased taxes
More students
More schools nedded to be built
More destruction of natural habitat
More cars
More pollution
Bad air quality
Increased health risks
Enviornmental Consequennces
More cars
More traffic
Increases air pollution
More Houses
Destruction of foresets- Loss of wildlife becasue if there is no sapce for animals to live, they will move to another area
Food chain messes up
Loss of plants/trees
More carbondioxide in the enviornment becasue there are no trees to take it in.
Less food for animals to eat
Personal Consequences
More Traffic
Frustrated drivers
More accidents
More time spent on road than with families
The bigger the area the longer it takes to go across
The more use of automobiles
Less active people and more obesity
The increased expenses of fuel
Legal and ethical consequences
People against Deforestation
Arguments between people supporting and against expansion of city for deforestation
Less peace
If there is one forest between two cities and the expansion of any city can cause dispute between both cities.
The government can put a limit on how big the city can be
Smaller cities= Less money for the city
Scientific consequences
Plants that got cut down might be getting explored for new information
Less development because there is no plants to explore
They might be used in medicine
No plants means no medicines that used the plant as an ingridient
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