21.5 Sprawl Webquest

This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• urban sprawl
• metropolitan area
• rural fringe
• whooping cough

Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?

• new, affordable homes
• more farmland
• destruction of habitats
• more people pass their geography quiz

Explain how urban sprawl leads to increased water pollution.

Explain how urban sprawl leads to degraded human health.

What are the main causes of habitat loss?