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.
Causes of Deforestation. For the most part, human activity is to blame for deforestation, though natural disasters do play a role. So let's take a look at how and why humans deforest areas.Logging, or cutting down trees in a forest to harvest timber for wood, products or fuel, is a primary driver of deforestation.armers clear the land for crops or for cattle and often will clear acres of land using slash and burn techniques -- cutting down trees and then burning them. Migratory farmers clear a forest area and use it until the soil becomes too degraded for crops. Then they move on and clear a new patch of forest.