The urban sprawl was a 75% increase in population, in the city of Atlanta, Georgia in 16 years. The amount of city was increasing; a local paper states that 500 acres of green land was to be turned into housing developments, parking lots, and shopping malls. The widespread suburban growth is known as an "urban sprawl". This began when the people living in the city wanted to live on the outskirts. Due to the baby boom, there was a massive increase in wanting a suburban home. This is extremely similar to what people want now. The increase in transportation has given people the option to live in suburban areas around the city; this is making the city less dense, but still a place or work and entertainment. It would seem that the urban sprawl is what saved the cities from chaos and over-population. The new form of urbanism, "new urbanism" or "smart growth", is the action of making neighborhoods mixed with different people and different types of housing. The main goal of this form is to reduce the amount of pollution and congestion caused by cars. The form of change has caused people to believe that it is harmful to the environment, because of the amount of green areas they are affecting. It has also caused less pollution, and saved the lives of many. Is this just another way to expand the population? It is doing the same thing that medicine and technology has done for us, expands our lives and lets us live happier lives, but it is also causing the streets of many cities to roam with the homeless. Is there any hope for a type of urbanization that will only affect the general wellbeing of the people positively and not negatively?


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