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Urban Sprawl
Urban Sprawl is the spread of urban society into the environment around it.
Urban sprawl affects every system of the Earth It affects the atmosphere due to the large amounts of concentrated exhaust that comes from cars and the power for electricity. It affects the hydrosphere because of air pollution which could cause things like acid rain (which affects the lithosphere by poisoning the
Rapid growth of human population is the main cause. Housing development, strip malls, and farm land are the basic results of the human population growth that leads to urban sprawl.
Urban sprawl kills off trees and habitats to increase the size of an urban community. This causes the animal population to decrease as well as the number of trees. Air pollution affects breathing and water pollution can cause diseases that would lead to death and breeding habits.
soil), not to mention the decreased water supply due to human consumption of water. It affects the biosphere for the same reasons as shown above (killing trees, animals, destroying habitats, etc.).
A decrease in human population is the main solution for this. Also, retreating into tighter confined areas that can hold more people, like a city.
