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Obliteration of footpaths by development
Name(s):
Disappearance of walking trails
Incidence
Since the 1930's, urban development has obliterated 30% of America's footpaths. Some 200,000 miles of trails led through national forests in 1940: only half as many remain.
Broader
Environmental pollution
Closure of recreation areas
Disappearance of common land
Destruction inherent in development
Reduces
Destruction of wilderness
Related
Uncompleted sidewalk repairs
Aggravates
Inaccessibility of countryside to city dwellers
Strategy(ies)
Employing unused land
Creating footpaths
Walking
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems