Tonight I watched a short promotional video about the concept of urban sprawl. The video discussed how cities wasted space and pushed people into the suburbs. This sprawling out over the natural land uses more resources because being outside the city means traveling at least 20 minutes to go to the store, office, etc. It also wastes a lot of land that could be sustainably developed in other ways. The video introduces the idea of "new urbanism." This idea is basically the concept of eliminating urban sprawl, and using the urban space we are given more efficiently and effectively. This includes things like more parks and public spaces, and less parking garages. The overall idea is to make a more community oriented city by reorganization and eliminate urban sprawl.
This video was very informative to me. I had no idea what urban sprawl was, or even that it was causing problems for so many. This topic of sustainability is not what I'm studying, but it still is an important concept to consider. I am studying to be a mechanical engineer, and urban sprawl is certainly something I could potentially run into in the future. Being more educated on this topic will be a great help to me in the future.
Source: http://earthsharing.org/gclid=Cj0KEQjwwoLHBRDD0beVheu3lt0BEiQAvU4CKnoSQ0GUQxj0zc3ssY94TBZwYWcNivJTv3YFHkg9sOQaAkJw8P8HAQ
(Video is at the bottom of page and titled, "Environmental Destruction.")
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