Raleigh has quickly been growing into one of the largest cities in North Carolina, bumping its suburbs up with it. Cary, Morrisville, Holly Springs, and Apex are only a few of the nearby, developing towns.
The urbanization of these towns holds both a positive and negative connotation. Some benefits are the growing economy, one of the most obvious being real estate, better transportation, better opportunities for housing and education, better medical care, increased job opportunities, and greater access to goods. However, it is possible that the traffic, pollution, violence, etc. could outweigh the benefits. In addition, the World Health Organization shows that those who live in cities have an increased risk of diseases like cancer and asthma. Cities also have more person-to-person contact, which can lead to more deadly or disabling outbreaks of contagious diseases. This is an interesting issue because it is, even now, being debated by scientists. Is it more beneficial to be spread out and separate or together in a large cluster? The growing cities also effect the people in the communities. Outbreaks of infections occur naturally when people live close together. Another issue is the traffic, pollution, and overall quality of life. If you have ever visited New York City, you know what I'm talking about. Many people argue that urbanization only makes it harder to live a happy life. Despite the effects on local people, urbanization also affects people not living in the community. When that many people live close together, there isn't much room to grow food. Food has to be shipped in from other parts of the state to make sure people don't starve. This would make the prices for food increase with the demand. On the same side of the coin, this would lead to farmers earning more money than they usually do for their crops. To contain urbanization, we could try some of the following things: Preserve land. Open spaces such as parks can help keep the air clean by growing trees and can help reduce pollution. To deal with the traffic, we could build larger roads to accommodate the extra people. We could also invest tax dollars into public transportation, something we could use in Raleigh. And once we do get the transport, USE IT. Finally, as a community, we could help clean litter off streets and keep our city healthy! Overall, I don't think Urbanization is a HUGGGGE issue, however, I do think it is something we have to keep in mind as our area develops. What do you think?
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Sydney P.
3/8/2017 10:13:05 am
I think this was creative conisdering you are also tying in Science and Social Studies as well as pointing out pros and cons of urbanization.
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Sonia B.
3/8/2017 10:14:18 am
Thanks Sydney. I still need to find another topic :D
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3/8/2017 10:17:49 am
I agree with Sydney that this topic was very creative and interesting how you tied in Science and Social Studies with Language Arts. I also like how you ended with a question.
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