Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
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pp. 22-23
Abstract
A brief window of opportunity exists to shape the development of cities globally before a boom in infrastructure construction transforms urban land cover, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers at Yale, Texas A&M and Boston University predict that by 2030 urban areas will expand by more than 463,000 square miles, or 1.2 million square kilometers. That is equal to 20,000 American football fields becoming urban every day for the first three decades of this century.
Recommended Citation
Yale University
(2012)
"Rapid urban expansion threatens biodiversity,"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 22:
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