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.
The causes of overpopulation in a given region may include good food production, improvement in public health, illiteracy, poverty and disease control or prevention. While some of these causes may seem positive, the effects of overpopulation eventually become negative and may cause societal ills like unemployment, slum development, insecurity, poor living conditions and resource exhaustion.