In many places, new homes are needed, but the only space available for building them is in the countryside. Some people believe it is more important to protect the countryside and not build new homes there. What is your opinion about this? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Construction of new homes is required to accommodate the growing
population
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. Some people believe that
countryside
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land
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should be used as it is the only available space. Whereas others disagree as they think that protecting the
countryside
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is more important. In my opinion, I agree to not use the village
land
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for the building of new homes because it could cause
climate
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crises.
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, city
land
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could be effectively utilized to build new homes. Building new homes in the
countryside
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could have a detrimental effect on the
climate
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.
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to say, if agricultural and forest lands are used to construct new houses, it could cause an increase in greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming.
In addition
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, it could
also
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result in a shortage of food production. It could have negative consequences on the planet which can be evident from forest fires in
Amazon
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the Amazon
and in Australia. Considering
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climate
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crisis, scientists and environmental experts have suggested building more trees.
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why I believe that village
land
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should not be used to build new homes. How can we
fulfill
put in effect
fulfil
the housing needs of the growing
population
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? There are two possible solutions to
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problem.
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, shorter buildings could be replaced with longer towers to build a large number of the house, utilizing the less area of
land
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.
Secondly
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, the government should take measures to control
population
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growth.
For example
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, parents with more than two children would have to pay a certain (huge) amount to the government.
This
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could prevent
population
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growth in the future. As there are
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effective solutions available to accommodate new housing requirements, I think that we should not harm the
climate
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by building houses in the
countryside
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. All things considered, I believe that the issue of new housing requirements could be solved by
population
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control and building longer buildings.
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, in my opinion,
countryside
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land
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, which is majorly agricultural or forest
land
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, should not be used to build new houses.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Urbanization
  • Ecological benefits
  • Biodiversity conservation
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Sustainable development
  • Eco-friendly building materials
  • Green architecture
  • Government policies
  • Urban sprawl
  • Infrastructure
  • Smart planning
  • Agricultural lands
  • Rural areas
  • Population growth
  • Environmental sensitivity
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