SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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generating more factories.
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increasing the need to drive.
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resulting in more tree growth.
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expanding the use of public transportation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The magnitude of CO2 emission increase may be greater than that of urban area increase because urban sprawl results in higher energy use in transportation and heating and cool-ing of homes on the urban periphery (Ewing et al. 2003; Gonzalez 2005).
Detailed explanation-2: -This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Urban sprawl can reduce water quality by increasing the amount of surface runoff, which channels oil and other pollutants into streams and rivers. Poor water quality is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes, including diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, kidney disease, and cancer.
Detailed explanation-4: -The author presents nine important causes of sprawl that include: the rent gradient; demographic changes; growing affluence; car ownership; different levels of government services in suburbs and cities; racial discrimination; land assembly issues; federal income tax policy; and land use regulations.