urban sprawl
traditional land use
horticutral production
market gardens
veges (lettuces, brocilli, tomatoes
crops (carrots, potatoes
fertile soil
free draning soils
year round prrecipitaion
high sunshine hours / limited frosts
to grow produce all year
flat alnd
workforce harvesting/ processing
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drivers of urban sprawl
increase of poulation
natural increase
migratio9n
firtst step
increase in housing demand
kiwibuild goverment
in cities - more job oppotuies
houes built in the outskirtrs
public pressure
pressure on infrustructure
10% of fetile land in new zealand is livestyle blocks
limits food we can grow so we ahve tension
cheap alnd around cities
growing rural urban devide
loss of productive land