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Can you spot at least five problems or issues in this urban area?

The drawing of an urban area has farmland at the left with a sign advertising land sales. The middle section has housing at the back, a playground in the middle and a rubbish tip front of it. A creek and industrial building is in the foreground and power pylons cross from front to back. On the right is a multi-lane highway and a fringe of low level buildings in front of a group of multi level buildings.

You answer could include:

loss of agricultural land to urban development
water and air pollution
disposal of waste
high rise apartments overshadowing other buildings
reliance on cars rather than public transport such as trains and buses.