Add to ORKGSprawl is a catchall term that signifies fast, dispersedgrowth in major metropolitan areas, as well as similar growth in small towns and cities that are spreading into for-merly rural regions. Sprawl reflects prosperity and the deci-sions of many people who seek large homes on large lots in areas with low crime, good schools, and space for ball fields. As Gregg Easterbrook wrote in the New Republic, “Sprawl is caused by affluence and population growth, and which of these, exactly, do we propose to prohibit?” Yet the growth of metropolitan areas has undesirable aspects, from heavy traffic congestion to a “cookie-cutter” style of residences. Many problems and challenges, from protecting open space to designing highways, are often lumped toget...
Urban sprawl is a hot-button issue in the U.S. Though the term is widely used to describe the distas...
The widespread acceptance of the term suburban sprawl stands as a major rhetorical victory for criti...
The rapid urbanization of populations across the world has led to the growth of urban sprawl, which ...
As in many countries around the world, concerns about contemporary urban development patterns and th...
strong sentiment against the phenomenon known as “urban sprawl” has emerged in the United States ove...
State and local governments have long wrestled with sprawl, leading to theimplementation of “smart g...
This article argues that urban spatial expansion results mainly from three powerful forces: a growin...
At least until recently, accepted wisdom has held that sprawl is recent, particularly American and t...
Many urban analysts believe suburban sprawl has become an important issue be-cause it helps generate...
Reducing urban sprawl through growth management has become one of the major planning issues all acro...
The proliferation of sprawl development patterns across the United States causes several problems su...
Aristotle once wrote that men come together in cities to live, but stay in them to live the good lif...
Since World War II, North America has seen tremendous growth in the amount of land used by cities. I...
Sprawl affects the change of land use in the entire Western world, and now also in developing countr...
Metropolitan areas throughout the United States increasingly experience sprawl development. States s...
Urban sprawl is a hot-button issue in the U.S. Though the term is widely used to describe the distas...
The widespread acceptance of the term suburban sprawl stands as a major rhetorical victory for criti...
The rapid urbanization of populations across the world has led to the growth of urban sprawl, which ...
As in many countries around the world, concerns about contemporary urban development patterns and th...
strong sentiment against the phenomenon known as “urban sprawl” has emerged in the United States ove...
State and local governments have long wrestled with sprawl, leading to theimplementation of “smart g...
This article argues that urban spatial expansion results mainly from three powerful forces: a growin...
At least until recently, accepted wisdom has held that sprawl is recent, particularly American and t...
Many urban analysts believe suburban sprawl has become an important issue be-cause it helps generate...
Reducing urban sprawl through growth management has become one of the major planning issues all acro...
The proliferation of sprawl development patterns across the United States causes several problems su...
Aristotle once wrote that men come together in cities to live, but stay in them to live the good lif...
Since World War II, North America has seen tremendous growth in the amount of land used by cities. I...
Sprawl affects the change of land use in the entire Western world, and now also in developing countr...
Metropolitan areas throughout the United States increasingly experience sprawl development. States s...
Urban sprawl is a hot-button issue in the U.S. Though the term is widely used to describe the distas...
The widespread acceptance of the term suburban sprawl stands as a major rhetorical victory for criti...
The rapid urbanization of populations across the world has led to the growth of urban sprawl, which ...