CURRENTLY NOT CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED HAVING A

CURRENTLY NOT CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED. HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING SOURCES AND INFORMATION THAT IS ACTUALLY VIABLE TO MY PROJECT (which is why I only have a few slides at the moment. I seriously hope this doesn’t affect my grade) Agricultural Issues Project Land Expansion Collin Holbert

Urban Expansion Definition: “The process of creating the built environment to house urban populations and their activities. ” This type of expansion changes the surrounding habitats, biogeochemistry, hydrology, land cover, and surface energy balance. (Future urban land expansion and implications for global

In most parts of the globe, the amount of urban land is expanding faster than that of it’s population. However, the population is projected to double by 2030. This will cause the urban areas and land to basically triple. However, this will cause a huge problem for that of the agricultural land. Over 60% of the world’s irrigated croplands are located near or very close to urban populations and areas. Many studies and reports show that these urban areas and their expansions over the last 30 years have resulted in a giant loss of cropland all around the world.

Sources Bren d’ Amour, C. (2017, August 22). Future urban land expansion and implications for global croplands. Retrieved from http: //www. pnas. org/content/114/34/8939. full