Unit 1: Land-use Conflicts
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- Land-use Conflicts
- Urban Expansion - increased population size
- Building on brownfield sites
- Increases overcrowding
- Increases congestion
- Reduces quality of life in an urban area
- Building on greenfield sites
- Destroys natural environment and habitats
- Reduces agricultural land
- Urban sprawl
- Building on brownfield sites
- Road Developments - people travel by car more
- More congestion
- More road expansion needed = destroys environement
- Increased pollution
- Proposed or Enlarged Airports - growth in air travel
- Loss of farmland
- Loss of natural habitats
- Loss of rural communities
- Noise and congestion
- Port developments - increased trade
- Destruction of sensitive wildlife habitats e.g. mudflats, saltmarsh
- Increased congestion
- Noise and sight pollution
- Mining and Quarrying - important materials
- Extracted in areas with high soil fertility
- Ruins aesthetic views
- High population density areas - congestion
- Urban Expansion - increased population size
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