Effects of Increased

Urbanization on Environments
Selected Developed Urban Areas

Tokyo

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Tokyo Metropolitan Area

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38,305,000
People

5,240
Square Miles

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Square Miles of Green Space

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Effects of Urban Sprawl

Habitat Loss
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 1.
Impact
On Surrounding Habitats

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 Process

Expansion of Decrease in
Human Population
cities and Animal
Increase
Deforestation Population

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Mt. Fuji

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01 Climate ● -7 degrees C

02 ● Strong Winds

03 ● Clouds form from wind

04 Conditions ● Altitude Sickness

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 Bamboo

Giant Pandas

Feral Dogs Japanese Pine

Japanese Macaque
Grey Wolf

Japanese Forest Grass

Sike Deer

Red Fox Momijigari

Japanese Field Mouse

Other Sources

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 2.
Resource
Use and Sources

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 Death Producers
Animals and plants Plants like Bamboo use
decompose and release sunlight and water to create
carbon into the soil and energy with Photosynthesis
atmosphere

Energy Cycle
Both plants and animals
take in oxygen and
release CO2 by Cellular
Apex Predator Respiration 1st Trophic Level
Top level animals like the Animals like Giant Pandas
Grey Wolf eat 2nd or 1st Producers to gain energy |
level | 0.1% of original about 10% of original
energy gained
energy gained

2nd Trophic Level

Animals like Feral Dogs
eat 1st level | about 1% of
original energy gained

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 3.
Inefficiency
In Urban Living and Solutions

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 “
If you love nature, stay the heck
away from it. Live in a city, the
denser the better.
-Jeff Speck
Urban Planner

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 Proposed

● Large Open Green Space ● Comparably

● Fire Safe Small Footprint
● Large Area

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100,000
Daily Workers, 35,000 full-time residents

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Proposed

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Chernobyl

Nuclear
meltdown
forces human
population

Environment recovers to
pre-settlement levels

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Action
How to help the issue

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Suburban Gardening - Fig Trees

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Suburban Gardening - Lemon Trees

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Suburban Gardening - Apple Trees

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Works Cited
www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/03/travel/tokyos-wilderness-within/#.Wtjc6WinHrc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_City_1000

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/060418-chernobyl-wildlife-thirty-year-anniversary-science/

https://www.unfpa.org/urbanization

http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.asp
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https://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/regional/tokyo/index.html

https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/pa0510

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