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Upward growth of cities has no environmental impact.
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False.
Upward (vertical) growth does affect the environment — it can reduce land take and transport emissions but also brings impacts such as higher embodied energy and material use, greater energy demand for elevators and HVAC, altered microclimates (shading, wind, urban heat island), concentrated waste and stormwater issues, and construction impacts.
Upward (vertical) growth does affect the environment — it can reduce land take and transport emissions but also brings impacts such as higher embodied energy and material use, greater energy demand for elevators and HVAC, altered microclimates (shading, wind, urban heat island), concentrated waste and stormwater issues, and construction impacts.
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