Representatives. The United States is divided into 435 congressional districts â 36 in Texas â each with a population of about 710,000 individuals. Each district elects a representative to the House for a two-year term. Representatives are also called congressmen/congresswomen.
Confronting the Causes of Urban Sprawl. Causes of urban sprawl include: 1  Consumer and real estate industry preference for large houses and large lawns.  Dislike of housing density by a vocal and often uninformed minority that equates density with public housing, undesirable apartment complexes and rental tenants, and traffic and noise.
Negative Effects of Urban Sprawl. Urban or Suburban sprawl refers to the expansion of communities away from cities into previously undeveloped areas resulting in a community highly dependent upon automobiles of travel. Urban sprawl has been expanding for many decades now and really took of in the 1970âs.