How is urbanization responsible for destruction of ecosystem?
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In this process, the organisms that previously used the site are displaced or destroyed, reducing biodiversity.Habitat destruction by human activity is mainly for the purpose of harvesting natural resources for industrial production and urbanization.
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As cities grow vital habitat is destroyed or fragmented into patches not big enough to support complex ecological communities. In the city, species may become endangered, or even locally extinct as previously natural areas are swallowed up by the urban jungle.
The growth of cities may cause biodiversity to decline by fragmenting or destroying large areas of natural habitat on which many species depend. The rising human population is driving the expansion of urban areas and increasing the demand for natural resources such as timber and fossil fuels. This inevitably leads to habitat destruction which has been called “the largest factor contributing to the current global extinction event”
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