This document discusses some of the negative impacts of urban sprawl such as increased cost of living, resource consumption, water pollution from agriculture and waste, and air pollution from reliance on automobiles and industry. It notes that pollution can come from point sources like factories or non-point sources like runoff. Urban sprawl is also linked to health issues like respiratory illnesses that disproportionately impact the elderly and young. Some proposed solutions include promoting smart growth to reduce car dependency, creating sustainable cities that allow walking and transit, and educating communities to encourage sustainable development.

3. • Increased cost of living
• Increased resource use
and energy
consumption

5. Water Pollution
• Agriculture land use and fertilizers
• Excessive wastes
Air Pollution
• Heavy reliance on automobiles
• Factories and over consumption of energy
Point and Non Point Source Pollution
• Point Source- A single, identifiable, localized source of pollution
• Non-point Source- Pollution resulting from run off from lawns, crop
fields, and streets

6. • Heat related illnesses
• Respiratory symptoms, lung illnesses, asthma, and
other illnesses related to air quality
• Elderly and young very susceptible
• Change in weather which affects climate

7. Solutions
Smart Growth Sustainable Education and
• More environmentally Cities Community
sustainable society Action
• Allows walking, biking,
• Requires less and mass transit
dependence on cars • People educated
• Recycles and reuses about negative
• Controls sprawl and
resource use • Grows its own food impacts of sprawl are
more likely to take
action to prevent
unsustainable
development

8. Sources
• http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/articles/urban_sprawl_and_public_he
alth_phr.pdf
• http://www.ehow.com/info_8136057_solutions-solving-urban-
sprawl.html
• http://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/urban-
sprawl2.htm
• Environmental Science book