Urban sprawl

Introduction Urban sprawl is the expansion of a city or its suburbs, especially the commercialization in rural areas including farmland or undeveloped lands, such as forests and open spaces. Urban sprawl can be caused by numerous factors including rapid population growth, rise of living standard, decrease of land rate, lack of urban planning, etc. Urban sprawl creates numerous problems that would decrease in environmental quality through wildlife habitat destruction, deforestation, wetlands, and…

In many parts of the world people are facing the effects of overpopulation and the process called urban sprawl appearing more often (Randolph). This urban sprawl is a direct result of overpopulating a region with an inadequate room for growth (Randolph). It involves stretching the urban boundaries further and further, thus consuming precious farm land and many other types of land use (Randolph). This realization of a population and space crisis is what has driven only a few cities in the United…

The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines sprawl as “to spread or develop irregularly or without restraint” . This describes the problematic and reckless nature of urban sprawl. Uncontrolled urban growth increases pollution on the environment for a number of reasons. Due to a greater percentage of the workforce commuting from the outskirts of an urban center to their work, there is an increase in the volume of vehicles on the road, resulting in greater air pollution. Also, the amount of asphalt…

The environmental risk that me and my group chose to address is urban sprawl.Urban sprawl is the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas which is bad.The solution that we came up with is to add more public places for the community. From the article, “the problem of urban sprawl,” “sprawl has fundamentally reshaped our urban landscape and continues to have an outsized effect on life in America.”This quote means that the urban areas are pretty much taking up the country.Another example is, “Older…

Urban sprawl is an inattentive issue that continues to harm the future of the world, unless the problem is addressed. The concept of urban sprawl is the “uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions” (“Urban Sprawl”). Across the globe, there has been urban sprawl in major cities, without consideration of future consequences. As society focal point is on celebrities and fashion, the focus on the destruction of the environment is not being acknowledged. The sprawl leaves…

on how the design of smart growth can solve the problems related to urban sprawl (DeSena, 1999). The article, “‘Smart Growth’ Designed to Solve Urban Sprawl-related Problems”, discussed what costs are associated with sprawl to cities, policies that contain sprawl, and the success of Portland’s smart growth management policies. Sprawl has caught the attention of charities, grant makers, and even foundations to combat the sprawl problem (DeSena, 1999). They believe that sprawling is the root of…

The ethical issue related to population issues or environmental issues that I learned about from Unit 6 Reading Assignments implies Urban sprawl threatening Biodiversity. Urban sprawl can be defined as the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas. That is, the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions. Urban sprawl is indeed having a great effect on the Biodiversity around the world as a whole. Biodiversity simply refers to is the variety of life thus comprising all the…

by extended families (Genemo, 2012). Over the years, urban sprawl has directly contributed to the degradation and decline of natural environment resources. It also reduces farm land and productivity in city leading to social loss and open spaces (Haregewin, 2005). In addition, urban sprawl leads to regional imbalance, such as pulling jobs and people further away from poor communities, increasing in equality. Recently, the problem of urban sprawl was restricted to the developed world but; it…

used to employ most of the green space in the city. However, when the new apartments were being constructed they were not designed to have any green spaces. Urban sprawl breaks up the relationship between humans and the environment. Sprawl causes an increase in city commuting time. In 1980 Tehran’s government was forced to expand the range of urban services provided to the sprawled settlements (Roshan, Rousta, Remesh 2009, 310-321) Tehran’s Strategic Plan is a twenty-year sustainability…

resides in urban areas; this number is constantly increasing as rural areas are unable to meet basic human needs. For instance, it is more probable that are urban areas are supplies with better health care services, education, employment and food supply and entertainment. Urbanization is defined as a population shift from rural to urban and suburban areas. The effects of high density urban living are cumulative and become hazardous over time as the demand for resources outweigh supply. Urban…