Land Use - Chase Rankin

Land-use challenges by Tim Benton | Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy


        If we continue to grow at the rate we are using the land now, then eventually, we will have no more agricultural land to use. Approximately half of our land in the US is dedicated to agricultural purposes. The agricultural percentages are basically split in half between grasslands and croplands. The rest of the land in the US is simply labeled as nonagricultural land, and that is where the urban, residential, and commercial areas would be. As the cities and urban areas in our country grow, the agricultural lands continue to slim down. Along with the agricultural lands slimming, this also means that we are taking animals habitats because their homes are wherever we aren't. So really if you think about it, we need to keep a good percentage of our land as agricultural because it will help the natural elements of our environment.


Source: https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2017/december/a-primer-on-land-use-in-the-united-states/

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  1. HollyNovember 14, 2020 at 2:43 PM

    Our growth does pose a problem to agriculture especially since the land disappearing as population increases is 100% an hazard. If we run out of land what happens next? I think that we may just cause a population decrease or increase in poverty.

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