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1、Urban Development vs. Suburban SprawlSuburbanization is a necessary stage of urban development. In the 1920s, the population of large cities moved to the suburbs, forming a function centralized business district and suburbs which hold many residents. Those are two basic elements of American metropol

2、itan area.Urban centers and urbanized suburbs are known as the metropolitan area. Thus, suburban sprawl is an integral part of urban development. United States metropolitan area population growth postwar was mainly due to the growth of population in the suburbs. The major route of geographical sprea

3、d is annexation of land. Both in terms of population growth and geographical expansion, suburban sprawl is the cities leading force.Suburban Sprawl is not an isolated phenomenon. With the increase in population in the suburbs, more and more institutions in the field of manufacturing, retail trade, s

4、ervices, education, entertainment facilities as well as financial have appeared in the suburbs. Various economic activities originally concentrated in the central city have increasingly dispersed into different points of the suburbs. Although the function of the center within the suburbs turns to be

5、 more and more complete, they still rely on the central citys information and services, and remain certain contacts with the center city. Such as accounting, insurance activities are conducted at company headquarters in the central city.Of course, suburban sprawl also has a negative effect. For exam

6、ple, to facilitate the development of new suburbs, large amounts of money are invested to construct new transportation networks, and as a result, infrastructure of the city and traditional suburbs is ignored. City and traditional suburb是指哪里？这个现象可以举个例子吗？这句是说为促进新郊区的发展，大量资金投入新交通路网的建设，而城市和传统郊区（泛指）的基础设施建

7、设就被忽略了。美国城市与郊区发展上的一个观点，具体美国是啥样我也不清楚，没找到例子，实在对不住Tax policy is also tilted in new suburban area, lower tax rates has also brought a housing pattern which focus on the pursuit of big houses in the suburbs, thereby property developers further construct that kinds of houses什么叫large area in the suburbs? C

8、onstruct large house的弊端是什么？large area已改成big houses弊端就是下一句，如果每个人住的房子都变大了，那么城市可建设的房子数量就会减少. In this way, the number of houses will reduce for that the citys total area is fixed.Suburban sprawl is essentially a higher stage of urban development. All in all, urban development and suburban sprawl are closely related. To balance the two is crucial.