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Explain to me, in your own words, how *urbanization* leads to deforestation

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In order to build new cities or when existing cities grow, to build roads, and other factors involved in the process of urbanization, it is necessary more territory that, in general, is composed of green areas and natural wooded areas, which are absorbed to reach the objective of urbanization and satisfy the necessities of the population involved.

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