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9 pages in length. The land developers and the environmentalist have yet to meet eye-to-eye on the issue of urban sprawl in metropolitan Detroit and likely never will. According to those who believe that environmentally sustainable cities are a workable solution, the concept will incorporate enough protective aspects to make it a worthwhile proposition. From the environmentalist point of view, however, as long as people continue to spread out into the land and development continues, there is absolutely no way the notion can hold up to its claims of wildlife protection and sustainability. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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metropolitan Detroit. Indeed, the battle that exists is one that claims to benefit both sides of the issue: the developers for the people and the environmentalists for the land,
wildlife and its resources. While each party believes what they are doing is the right thing they unquestionably clash when it comes to their overall purpose. According to
the land developers, mankind has a right to use this planet in any way that promotes his own health and welfare; however, from the environmentalists point of view, humanity has
damaged and consumed so much of the environment already that severe modifications must be made if there is to be an environment left for future wildlife generations. "Stories of
environmentalist-inspired injunctions against logging and mining operations have been well publicized, making environmentalists a good scapegoat for slack times" (Sanchez 37). "If Americas detonating metro regions were the result
of population growth alone, sprawl would be a problem without a solution. But they are equally the result of political decisions and economic incentives that lure people ever farther
from center cities. For decades, federal highway subsidies have paid for the roads to those far-flung malls and tract houses. Then there are local zoning rules that require
large building lots, ensuring more sprawl. Many localities fiercely resist denser housing because it brings in more people but less property-tax revenue. Zoning rules commonly forbid any mix
of homes and shops, which worsens traffic by guaranteeing that you burn a quart of gas to find a quart of milk. Even more important, localities routinely agree to
extend roads, sewer lines and other utilities to new suburban developments built far from downtown, while existing schools and housing stock are left to decay...These incentives to expand help create
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