Economic Nature
Effects on Humans
Extremely dense urban sprawl
It is said that urban sprawl is the cause of many health issues, such as higher blood pressure and muscle tension (from stress caused by claustrophobia), decreased mood and productivity at work, less recovery from stress, and obesity (as a result of driving instead of walking or biking because of the long distances between residential and commercial areas), which in some cases can prove serious or even fatal.
Effects on Wildlife and Nature
According to researchers, urban sprawl results in the extinction of about 1200 animal and plant species along with the destruction of their natural habitats, the creation and spreading of pollution, air emissions from transportation, and more concrete covering the ground (concrete does not absorb water, so any precipitation that falls eventually becomes runoff that pollutes natural sources of water such as lakes, oceans, and rivers).
Effects on Nature that Impact Humans
"Cookie cutter houses"
Several natural effects of sprawl also affect people in other ways. For example, an average of 45.7 acres of land are lost to the suburbs every hour. The farmland with the richest soil is being built over, which makes people lose their self-reliance and makes them dependent on grocery stores for food and gas stations for natural gas, resulting in an increase of food and gas prices. This loss of farmland also decreases tourism because people want to travel to places with natural beauty, not go sightseeing in the rows of cookie-cutter houses that characterize Suburbia.