The urban sprawl: an overview of USA, Mexico and Spain

It is a fact that the urban sprawl, known as the process of gradual spread out of urbanization has become a worldwide phenomenon. The growing consumption of land, as a result of the extension of highway networks, open up vast space of territory, which seems to have become an unstoppable cancer, and affects virtually all the contemporary metropolis. The expansion of the cities had its origin in the mo del of suburban life, which began with the generalized use of the automobile. A lifestyle based on th