Many Cities Are Now Turning Parks and Farmland Into New Housing Developments. Is This a Positive or Negative Development?
Turning parks and farmland into new housing developments is neither positive nor negative, but it can also be both positive and negative. We all know that the population has been increasing over the years. Different daily demands to sustain life have been increasing as well. According to the supply and demand theory, an increase in demand requires an increase in supply.
Therefore, an increase in population would increase the demand to provide housing. An increase in population can be positive for a city or country with a very low population and needs residents to sustain the country itself. In such cases, the authorities providing housing through new structures is a good government decision. Deciding whether or not to use parks and farmland is still somewhere in the middle of both.
If the authorities in the area are willing to compensate for the parks—by relocating a park to a nearby area, planting more trees along walkways and near buildings, putting plants on the sides of buildings or on rooftops, and ensuring play areas for toddlers are accessible—then turning parks into housing buildings can still be feasible and sustainable for both the residents and the area.
On the other hand, farmland can be used as long as there is still enough to provide for consumers’ daily needs. The loss of one farmland, regardless of what it offers, the crops it produces, or the poultry it supports, should not be felt if the area is to be used differently for other purposes.
The situation can only be a negative development when we cannot make amends for the loss it could bring to the city and the country. Development should not be considered if there are no means to sustain life on the ground. Why would we even consider destroying a bountiful land and taking away its purpose of serving differently if the loss cannot be overturned? If this happens, it only shows how poorly decisions are being made within the local and national authorities. They lack proper and extensive research on the solutions they are making to keep up with the demands of the land they govern.
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