In a 20 year period, the top 100 largest areas in the U.S. have spread out 14,545 square miles (“Urban”). Since the end of World War II, people have been moving away from the crowded city centers to clean suburbs. They have become more transient, moving to the city they’ve always wanted to live. This movement and an increase in population is forcing the city limits to expand out of control creating negative effects on our environment. Because of this, there should be more controls on the amount of land used since urban sprawl is causing pollution, the loss of natural resources and the loss of natural landscape.
One of the largest reasons land use should be controlled is due to the pollution cause by the growth and development. With beautiful weather as a draw, people have been moving west from all sides of the country. The large increases in population are luring development to build communities outside the city centers where there is cheap open land. Without......
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