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What adverse effects does covering the land with concrete and asphalt create?

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Answer:

  • They Deplete resources
  • They Pollute water
  • They Generate Harmful Atmospheric Emissions

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Motor vehicle traffic and its accompanying pollution have been a major environmental concern for decades The materials used, primarily asphalt and concrete, negatively impact the environment in three ways. In built areas with extensive impervious surfaces, water can't soak naturally into the earth instead it rushes across the landscape, carrying pollutants and biological contaminants into our waterways, poisoning fish, wildlife, and us.

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