Urban sprawl and motorization are currently critical issues‚ because they cause environmental problems as well as ecological and social issues which pose a threat to human health and social stability. Urban sprawl is the enlargement of city’s development that spread far away from the centre to the outskirt of that city. Urban sprawl is the result of the increasing urbanization. Motorization happens when people mostly use cars for traveling in the city. The rise of the automobile industry supports
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Supporting Urban Sprawl Essay Many people are naturally attracted towards less developed areas for better opportunities. However‚ populations in these places are on the rise‚ and more land must be developed upon to support all of these people‚ creating the issue of urban sprawl. By putting a stop to urban sprawl‚ suburban communities will transform into cities. Smart growth promotes this transformation‚ since it still promotes development in areas that are already developed‚ which is how cities
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who feel that they need to control their cities resources with a firm hand. Which leads to competition among the alternate service providers within the fragmented metropolitan areas. (Schneider‚ 1986) Effects on public services due to urban sprawl The urban sprawl that has continued for years across the United States has created concerns for the costs in providing public services. These
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Finished on April 5 In the article‚ "Urban Sprawl‚ Global Warming and the Limits of Ecological Moderization"(2005)‚ Gonzalez argues that the rapid development of urban sprawl has been environmentally harmful due to the emissions of greenhouse gases and the narrow solution to global warming through further development of technology proposed by business groups. He criticizes the shortcomings of the business groups approach and states his own concept. Urban sprawl brings business corporates a great number
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According to the article sprawl defined as “low-density development with residential‚ shopping and office areas that are rigidly segregated: a lack of thriving activity centers: and limited choice in travel routes.”1 This 4 factors can describe if the metro area are sprawl and how it impacts the people who live in that area. I’m from the small Ukrainian town and this study will not be applicable to analyze it in the same way. However‚ I lived in the Brooklyn for the 8 years and will talk about NYC
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Urban sprawl in North America Introduction After the Second World War‚ the development of planning in North America transformed a lot. Under the influence of the war‚ the major planning principle of Britain in this period more focuses on post-war reconstruction and promoted the economic recovery. In contrast to Britain‚ although America attended the war‚ it had fewer negative effects on American development which it even promoted the economic development in America (Liu‚ 2010). Therefore
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Urban Sprawl‚ New Urbanism A new revolution of thought has wage a war against low-density suburban growth or sprawl. But is sprawl really a problem? And could the proposed solutions do more harm than good? Sprawl typically conjures up images of strip malls and mega stores‚ traffic congestion‚ long commutes‚ lost open space‚ pollution‚ crowded schools‚ higher taxes‚ and the demise of downtown shopping areas. Activists throughout the country are fighting proposals to build new retail stores proposed
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environmental threat: Urban Sprawl Define the environmental issue: The widespread dominion of immediate ecosystems and atmosphere by means of the expansion of cities and urban environments. Cities and roads grow like weeds‚ and act like them too; threatening to suffocate remaining ecosystems and organisms. Fossil Fuels from factories
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Project 1 Issue history and Origin Urban sprawl is a concept that creates zones called suburbs that spread beyond the outskirts of a city. Urban sprawl is characterized by a low-density auto-dependent development of once rural land and it transforms the land into suburbs and suburbs include various design features that make the suburbs car dependent. Urban sprawl belongs to a larger class of American development in general and urban sprawl has many parts including housing subdivisions‚ strip
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One of the definitions of urban sprawl is the controlled expansion of urban areas. What is happening right now is NOT controlled. According to the David Suzuki Foundation over the next thirty years‚ farmland twice the size of the city of Toronto will be destroyed. National Geographic stats that only 5% of Canada is suitable farming land. Only 5%. Today urban areas consume seven thousand four hundred and forty four square kilometres‚ that’s four hundred and twenty two football fields. I’m going to
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