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What does it mean?
Natural beauty is destroyed for commercial development like hotels and parking lots.
In plain terms
Nature was destroyed to build commercial spots.
What can you take from it?
Development often destroys natural beauty.

Where it applies

  • city planning
  • tourism
  • land use

Putting it to work

  • support conservation
  • critique urban sprawl

Questions to consider

  • What natural places are disappearing?
  • How do you weigh progress vs. preservation?

Another view

Development can provide economic benefits too.

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