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