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The point is that he can't always take the fight to where he wants. The situations where he causes collateral damage during fights is when he battles opponents as strong as he is. In MoS, he fight two kryptonians almost as strong as he is and in the end fights Zod (that even manages to use the full power set). It's a situation where he can die and an loss would mean the end ofthe human race, so he can't simply keep trying to take the fight to a desert place.

In the Doomsday battle, the monster already had defeated the entire Justice League, so Superman knew he was the last stand. He tries to take the monster to a empty locations, but Doomsday was able to beat Superman down to the ground at any flying attempt, using his brute force and quick reflexes, so he didn't had much choice.

Another situations always involved battles with enemies similar in power, like the damage during the final battle with Darkseid with amplified powers in the end of the last season of the Justice League cartoon.