What’s wrong with urban sprawl and agricultural land loss? – Top 10

What’s wrong with urban sprawl and agricultural land loss? – Top 10

June 1, 2009, 12:52 am
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I thought it would be useful to discuss why this issue matters.  There are several ways that urban sprawl, either living in it or observing it, negetively effect our quality of life.  In no apparent order ………….

1. Increased Pollution from Commuting – people living further away from their work and spending more time on the road
2. Habitat Loss – many animals rely on agricultural land to survive
3. Increased Obesity – neighbourhoods located a long ways from everything make walking impractical
4. Reliance on Processed Foods – without a local source for produce, people turn to processed food
5. Reduction in Recreational Land – places like Barnston Island unavailable for public use
6. Infrastructure Development - urban sprawl requires larger, more costly connection networks (roads, transit) to be built
7. Sight Pollution – beautiful natural landscapes replaced with McMansions, big box stores and warehouses
8. Agricultural Real Estate Prices - development speculators cause market value of farmland to skyrocket
9. River + Ocean Pollution - Run-off from ”concrete jungles” takes harmful chemicals into bodies of water
10. Increased Pollution from Food Tranport - lack of ability to source local produce cretes 3000 mile salads    

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