HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Urban sprawl is a form of urban growth in which low-density development (such as single-family homes) of large plots of land takes place over a large area, sometimes extending for miles outside of the urban limits. It is also called suburban sprawl, metropolitan sprawl, and suburbanization.

Detailed explanation-3: -along with natural resources such as food, water and the like. The increased demand as well as the extension of urban settlements undoubtedly leads to unregulated deforestation for adequate infrastructure and housing require clearing out of either agricultural lands or natural forests.