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.
1 Sometimes the spleen can be enlarged through an infection such as glandular fever, or disease of the liver (such as cirrhosis (say si-row-sis) - which may be caused by drinking too much alcohol) or cancers such as leukaemia (say loo-keem-i-a). 2  Sometimes the spleen can rupture because it has become too large.