Essay On Urban Sprawl

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Urban sprawl and unsustainable food production are two immense problems in some of the world’s largest and fastest growing cities. This inquiry aims to understand and discuss the various problems with urban sprawl and unsustainable food production and how we can improve the production of such, in a cost-effective and sustainable way.
To fully understand the questions which will be explored, it is first essential to understand what urban sprawl and sustainable and unsustainable food production are. Firstly, Urban sprawl is the term given, when people move from densely populated cities and towns in less developed areas and urbanize them. Making them as busy as the cities and eventually, extending the span of said city. Furthermore, Sustainable food productions are when food is produced sustainably in a way that benefits the environment as opposed to destroying it. Whereas unsustainable food production is when food is produced in an environmentally damaging way which has lasting impacts on our earth.
What caused urban sprawl and what are the problems that occur with it? In the last ten years, there has been a rapid increase in people moving to megacities in search of employment and a …show more content…

Firstly, with unsustainable production, the crop turnover time and immediate money for farmers seem great but, when you consider the water wastage, food wastage and land cultivation time they have horrible long-term impacts on the environment that make this form of farming so detrimental to the environment. Whereas, sustainable food production, although it tends to take longer to produce the crops, doesn’t have as many detrimental effects on the people and the environment. One link between sustainable food production and urban sprawl is their shared environmental impacts and this can be seen in many areas where urban sprawl has occurred alongside unsustainable food

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