Many cities replace farmlands and parks with houses. Is it positive or negative?

It is often argued that more

cities

should be built on farmlands and

parks

while others argued that agricultural

land

and green belt should not be covered under new plans.

Although

building new

cities

to cope with the growing population is

necessity

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these days, green belts and farming

areas

should not be undertaken for

this

. In

this

essay, what are the negatives of planning towns on fertile

land

, will be discussed.

To begin

with, new urban

areas

are required to accommodate the growing population and every nation tries to provide housing to all its citizens. Planning new townships on fertile

land

not only limit the cultivation output but

also

put pressure on fertile

land

. Nations will unable to feed the rising population.

For example

, a study by

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Queen's University found that

the

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developing countries

such

as Bangladesh have imported thirty

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more food grain than their total production.

Furthermore

, the rising demand for housing and the falling number of

parks

in the

cities

may pose health issues to people living in the

cities

.

Therefore

, to incorporate more people, high rise buildings may be constructed

instead

of covering open lands.

Further

,

land

in the towns is mostly covered

such

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as

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, which hinders the

sippage

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slippage

of

water

to soil and leads to lower the groundwater

level

in

cities

and farms. Reduced

water

level

poses threat not only to farms but

also

to people living in high rise buildings. For

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instant, a survey by the Metrological Department of India has found

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that the

water

level

of Delhi has fallen by one hundred

meter

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in a span of only two years. Providing facilities to citizens by covering agricultural

land

may take societies to starvation or totally dependent on other countries for food requirements.

Hence

, the government should avoid constructing buildings in farming

areas

and open

areas

like

parks

should be left to compensate

decreasing

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water

level

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. In conclusion,

this

essay supports the idea that urbanisation of the farmlands and

parks

ought to be avoided and covering

parks

is a negative trend.