The Effects of Global Urbanization on the Environment

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the Effects of Global Urbanization on the Environment
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rural areas vs .
urban areas
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there are
very few natural resources available in cities

drawbacks of urbanization from rural
imported globally
↳
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most resources are areas → too
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effects on environment -


through urbanization urban , areas grow and have to expand over land , and
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availability of rural land that means building it over rural land as well .




↳ this leaves the question of how much rural land will be left to grow food
(which is imported to these cities)
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some theorists argue that urban areas will gain more if they keep rural areas


as rural as possible because they will get the resources they need .




Summary Vocab

As urbanization expands the rural lands where cities ,
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urbanization

get their natural resources and food from are decreasing .
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natural resources

some believe that urban areas can
gain more from
keeping rural lands the way they are other than
,
expanding
over them , and more cities being built over the world .