"Sprawl is the spreading out of a city and its suburbs over more and more rural land at the periphery of an urban area. This involves the conversion of open space (rural land) into built-up, developed land over time" (SprawlCity).
It starts at an urban, city base, and expands into undeveloped land, threatening animal and plant life, polluting the environment, destroying natural beauty, destroying farm land, and even affecting the humans who cause it. If left unchecked, sprawl will continue to spread and damage just about everything in its path. Urban sprawl is a relatively new phenomenon that is spreading at an alarming rate and causing a multitude of serious problems.
One of the biggest problems associated with urban sprawl is the effects it has on wildlife and nature itself.
"Urban Sprawl is gobbling up open spaces in fast-growing metropolitan areas so quickly that it could spell extinction for nearly 1,200 species of plants and animals, environmental groups say" (Associated Press). Sprawl endangers these species by destroying their natural habitats, feeding grounds, and by blocking migratory paths. Furthermore, many of these endangered species are only found in the areas that are being the most aggressively developed. Urban sprawl causes a lot damage to the natural environment by creating and furthering the spread of pollution. Sprawl is responsible for pollution in many ways. Since sprawl is spread out over vast areas of land, people rely more heavily on transportation by vehicle and spend more time driving. This, of course, increases the air emissions from cars, which pollutes the air and causes smog and damages to the ozone. More developed space means more roads and concrete, and concrete does not absorb water. The water turns into runoff, which then makes its way to polluting natural bodies of water like oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams.
It starts at an urban, city base, and expands into undeveloped land, threatening animal and plant life, polluting the environment, destroying natural beauty, destroying farm land, and even affecting the humans who cause it. If left unchecked, sprawl will continue to spread and damage just about everything in its path. Urban sprawl is a relatively new phenomenon that is spreading at an alarming rate and causing a multitude of serious problems.
One of the biggest problems associated with urban sprawl is the effects it has on wildlife and nature itself.
"Urban Sprawl is gobbling up open spaces in fast-growing metropolitan areas so quickly that it could spell extinction for nearly 1,200 species of plants and animals, environmental groups say" (Associated Press). Sprawl endangers these species by destroying their natural habitats, feeding grounds, and by blocking migratory paths. Furthermore, many of these endangered species are only found in the areas that are being the most aggressively developed. Urban sprawl causes a lot damage to the natural environment by creating and furthering the spread of pollution. Sprawl is responsible for pollution in many ways. Since sprawl is spread out over vast areas of land, people rely more heavily on transportation by vehicle and spend more time driving. This, of course, increases the air emissions from cars, which pollutes the air and causes smog and damages to the ozone. More developed space means more roads and concrete, and concrete does not absorb water. The water turns into runoff, which then makes its way to polluting natural bodies of water like oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams.
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