Many major cities are facing a housing crisis as they cannot provide enough land for new buildings. some local governments believe the problem could be solved by reassigning park lands for residential development, because this land would be better used for housing. to what extend do you agree or disagree?

Recent economic growth in many countries has presented us with a number if challenges in

urban environment

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urban environments

such

as accomodation crisis.

This

issue

lead

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leads

has led

many local governments thinking that

such

problems can be tackled by reassigning public parks into

housing area

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the housing area

a housing area

housing areas

.

However

, I strongly disagree with the above view.

On the contrary

,

Iam

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

am

convinced that green lands have various benefits

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to

our society and environment. The reasons for

this

is twofold.

Firstly

, the main reason is that parks serve as

valuable recreational area

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a valuable recreational area

for our society.With the ever rising

issue

of obesity rates, we are forced now than ever to maintain a healthy lifestyle. In order to live

such

lifestyle we are in need for open green places,

for instance

,

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,

to exercise or have

picnic

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a picnic

with our families.

This

results in leading to a better quality of life by breathing clean air and reducing day to day stress that has been forced by urban lifestyle.

Thus

, parklands serve as a useful purpose

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in

our community and provides an affordable leisure activity to even the poorest in our society.

Secondly and

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Secondly, and

even more importantly

,

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,

though it

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though, it

that vibrant and colourful plants in public parks helps reduce the pollution caused by urban population. It is generally agreed that

such

trees helps combat air pollution,

for instance

, by

obsorbing

quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception

observing

the amount of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases

realeased

release, as from one's grip

released

in the air and providing us with oxygen.

Furthermore

, it is often said that trees in parks absorb the polluted rundown water from city roads by absorbing them and

prventing

keep from happening or arising; make impossible

preventing

the

issue

of water contamination. Admittedly, I do understand the much problematic

issue

of

housing crisis

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the housing crisis

a housing crisis

.

However

, city developers should consider the potential benefits that parks

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have

to offer our cities as a whole.

Besides

, if space is truly a

premium

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premium, then

then

government officials should do better in search for other alternative options

such

as

mall

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a mall

malls

the mall

or parking spaces. To recapitulate, from my standpoint, I strongly disagree the use of

park

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parking

spaces in order to combat with urban sprawl. Because of all the aforementioned benefits that parks

offers

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offer

to the community and

environment

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the environment

in general.