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1
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Define urban sprawl

A

The expansion of the city into its surrounding area. In LEDCs = unplanned, in MEDCs = cause to develop

2
Q

Facts and figures and causes

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  • Capital city of Georgia State

- Grow from 1.4m to 5.1m from 1970 to 2006 => fastest growing metropolitan => results in urban sprawl

3
Q

Problems

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  • Traffic congestion :
    + 4th worst in USA
    + Drivers experience 68h of delays per year
  • Water quality and quantity
    + Over 1 million use septic tanks which often leak
  • Loss of green space/ecosystems
    + 38% of green space was built on
    +Loses an average of 125 hectares of trees per day
  • Cultural loss
  • Socioeconomic division