{"id":6328,"date":"2012-09-20T05:33:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T13:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=6328"},"modified":"2012-09-19T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T00:38:12","slug":"from-latimes-urban-land-expansion-now-at-fastest-rate-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/20\/from-latimes-urban-land-expansion-now-at-fastest-rate-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"(from LATimes)  &#8216;Urban land expansion now at fastest rate ever&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AN EXCERPT:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Urban land expansion in the first 30 years of this century may exceed all previous development throughout history, and will carry dire consequences for endangered species and sensitive habitat, a recent study says&#8230;.In North America, urban land cover is expected to double by 2030.<br \/>\nAlthough urban areas comprise a very small area of the planet\u2019s total surface area, their impact reaches far beyond urban borders, the authors wrote. Cities often look to rural areas for critical resources such as water, waste disposal and fuel. City dwellers also consume more meat and dairy products than rural residents, creating further demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO READ THE ARTICLE CLICK THE IMAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-urban-expansion-20120917,0,3627518.story?track=rss\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6329\" title=\"Construction cranes fill the skyline of downtown Beijing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/la-sci-sn-urban-expansion-20120917-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/la-sci-sn-urban-expansion-20120917-001.jpg 599w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/la-sci-sn-urban-expansion-20120917-001-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO READ THE AUG\/SEPT Z<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO READ ALL ZBLOG POSTS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EXCERPT:\u00a0\u00a0 Urban land expansion in the first 30 years of this century may exceed all previous development throughout history, and will carry dire consequences for endangered species and sensitive habitat, a recent study says&#8230;.In North America, urban land cover is expected to double by 2030. Although urban areas comprise a very small area of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6332,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6328\/revisions\/6332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}