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__ Referring to the question,How to we keep a balance between the urban and natural environment __

First, we have to determine what is a "urban environment" and what is a "natural environment"

An urban environment is the environment of a city; usually characterized by many buildings in a limited amount of space, with a high per capita per square mile. Most of the living spaces, working spaces, shopping areas, educational facilities, services, etc. are grouped in close proximity to each other. It is usually characterized by limited open areas (green spaces) in specifically planned areas or places that have been abandoned because of the higher value of real estate in urban areas. An urban area is often plagued by lack of space for parking vehicles (both personal and commercial) and a higher cost for leasing space for regular parking of vehicles because that also requires use of expensive real estate. (you know, I don't really understand this) source: []

The oxford dictionary defines natural environment as The natural environment encompasses or consists of all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof.

__How Urban and Natural Environments Can Have a Balance __

After considering the definitions on urban and natural environment, I came out with the following how on how a balance should be made.


 * "Green" roofs- plants planted on rooftops. This is good because the plants can get as much sunlight as they need, and the roof is cooler because the plants absorb the sunlight. It helps to maintain balance because even in an urban environment, there can still be some natural greenery.
 * The planting of trees and plants alongside the road- it helps the air to be cleaner and less polluted, and even in the busy urban environment, there can still be a balance as plants are still there to reduce pollution.
 * Solar energy being used for transport means- The solar energy is eco-friendly and does not release any harmful gases into the atmosphere that speed up global warming. Solar cars are also cheaper and does not use the earth's natural resources, unlike normal cars, which are quickly consuming oil until there is no more left.
 * Recycling- the waste that humans like me produce should be recycled if possible, and if not, burned. So it does not pollute the plants' and animal's habitat and wipe

__ **Threat that the ecosystem faces** __ Humans are destroying and clearing forests to build houses and recreational places. Many animals will then loose their homes and will die eventually, due to the lack of food and shelter. Humans are also killing both rare and common species for food and money. They even go against the law by killing rare and endangered species and exporting them illegally. If they kill to many of a species and the entire species go extinct, this will affect the food chain. For example, if an anteater eats ants, which go extinct, the anteater will go hungry and die. If a certain carnivorous animal eats anteaters, which had alresady died out, the carnivorous animal will also go hungry and die. There is also environmental pollution, which decreases the survival of plants. This in turn, also affects the food chain.

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By: Toh Jing Cheng, Yeo Zhe Yong and Wong Zhi Jun

**__ How do we keep a balance between urban and natural environment? __**

__ Introduction __

We are the inhabitants of our world, planet earth, which is the only planet discovered so far that allows life to grow on it. But as more and more people turn towards an urban and fast-paced life, the connection between nature and urbanization becomes more fragile. Today, we are investigating on how we can strengthen this connection to maintain a balance between urban and natural environments.

__ The Definition of a Natural Environment __

We define a natural environment as an environment where all the natural process (e.g. an undisturbed food chain) would happen properly and where human interference is kept minimal.

__ The Definition of an Urban Environment __

When we say an urban environment, we would think of a bustling city. An urban environment is an environment which there is a lot of buildings, with a population of people per the land is about 3:1.

__ So, how do we keep a balance between urban and natural? __


 * The Southern Ridges is one of the few places with lesser urban influence. ||

We have to make sure that we do not encroach into a natural environment or we just do it minimally. This would lessen the damage to the environment.

We also need to maintain a balance in the amount of land that

is set aside for urbanization and for natural.