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Urban sprawl slows down, statistics find; City's growth not as hot as others.(City): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press by Gale Reference Team, 2007-03-14
Urban Sprawl and Spatial Planning by Cecilia Marengo, 2009-03-09
What will it take to halt SPRAWL?(urban sprawl)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: World Watch by Molly O'Meara Sheehan, 2002-01-01
Urban Sprawl in Europe: The Ignored Challenge (European Environment Agency - Eea Report) by David Ludlow, 2006-01-30
Preserving Open Space: A Ste[-By-Step Guide for Volunteers Seeking to Limit Urban Sprawl by David F. Gardner, 2006-02-28
Build ECO cities in the Thames Gateway: concentrate urban development--not suburban sprawl.: An article from: The Architectural Review by Gale Reference Team, 2007-09-01
Preserving Community Character: A Citizen's Guide to Saving Place and Halting Urban Sprawl by Alfred J. Lima, 2009-03-05
Are European cities becoming dispersed? [An article from: Landscape and Urban Planning] by M. Kasanko, J.I. Barredo, et all 2006-06-15
Movement of people across the landscape: a blurring of distinctions between areas, interests, and issues affecting natural resource management [An article from: Landscape and Urban Planning] by J.F. Dwyer, G.M. Childs, 2004-08-15
Sprawl: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Pollution A to Z</i> by David Goldberg, 2004
When are urban growth boundaries not second-best policies to congestion tolls? [An article from: Journal of Urban Economics] by A. Anas, H.J. Rhee, 2007-03-01
Agricultural buffers at the rural-urban fringe: an examination of approval by farmers, residents, and academics in the Midwestern United States [An article from: Landscape and Urban Planning] by W.C. Sullivan, O.M. Anderson, et all 2004-08-15
Improving the visual quality of commercial development at the rural-urban fringe [An article from: Landscape and Urban Planning] by W.C. Sullivan, S.T. Lovell, 2006-06-15
Urban Sprawl in France (1950-2000) by Marianne Guerois, 2002-01

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The Age
Developers squander land in the urban fringe, university experts say.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/10year-warning-on-urban-sprawl/2005/07/24

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Canadian Urban Sprawl :: Term Papers, Essays - Free Summary Of Research Paper #5
A look at the problem of urban sprawl in Canada and the ongoing efforts at controlling and minimizing it.
http://www.academon.com/lib/paper/57186.html

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Urban Sprawl *** Organizations Indexed Thereunder
urban sprawl. See also automobiles * land use * transportation * urban life. Organizations California Center for Land Recycling (San Francisco)
http://www.bapd.org/kurswl-1.html
The Economics Of Urban Sprawl : Kadavy.net
The Economics of urban sprawl AJ Kandy of West of the Expressway has made some perceptive observations on The Economics of urban sprawl.
http://www.kadavy.net/blog/archive/2005/01/the_economics_o.php

Extractions: about experiments home portfolio ... has made some perceptive observations on The Economics of Urban Sprawl gas guzzler , but how about designing our lives so we drive less to begin with? The eventual realization of these economic consequences may result in the End of Suburbia public screenings . Anyone up for one in Omaha? January 6, 2005 03:01 AM Comments (5) TrackBack (0) post to del.icio.us You can be the first to track this entry. TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.kadavy.net/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/275 I'll have you know, David Kah-davey, my new truck gets better gas mileage than my sports coupe ever did. I never saw the better side of 12 miles/gallon with the GT. I routinely see the grand majesty of 25 miles/gallon now, even with the 4 wheel drive on. Say what you will, pal. But remember this: at least, its not an Expedition. Or worse, a Yukon Denali. The day I drive one of those "surburban mobile homes", I'll shut up when you call me out. Until then, well...
Science Bulletins | Bio | BioViz | Urban Sprawl: Phoenix
Most people think of urban sprawl as the construction of roads and buildings at a rate that exceeds population growth. Phoenix, Arizona, however, offers a
http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/bio/v/sprawl.20050218/

Extractions: Water has always been at the heart of human culture in the region, for it is where the Salt and Gila rivers converge in the Sonoran Desert. This ready supply of water supported the Hohokam culture, which lasted for two millennia. The Hohokam dug canals to channel otherwise scarce water to their crops. The Hohokam were gone by the time Europeans arrived, but canals have remained vital to people in the area. At the opening of the twentieth century, Phoenix had just over 5,000 residents, but aggressive water projects brought more people and more farms to the region. By mid-century, air-conditioning made the climate more bearable, and military bases and military-related industries bolstered the economy. Data Sources: Central ArizonaPhoenix Long-Term Ecological Research
Sprawl Overview - Sierra Club
sprawl spreads development out over large amounts of land; Hundreds of urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods are using smartgrowth solutions to
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/overview/

Extractions: Our Strategic Initiatives Build Better Communities Choose Clean Energy Exercise Democracy Get the Poisons Out Protect Nature Fight for Global Justice Our Priority Campaigns Arctic/Wildlands Clean Water Global Population Human Rights Protect National Forests Responsible Trade Stop Sprawl Stop Global Warming More Issues Select a Place Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Canada Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Sprawl Overview Poorly planned development threatens our environment, our health, and our quality of life in numerous ways. Sprawl spreads development out over large amounts of land; puts long distances between homes, stores, and job centers; and makes people more and more dependent on driving in their daily lives.
UrbanFutures.org - A Project Of The Reason Foundation
A project of the Reason Public Policy Institute. Promotes voluntary, privatesector and market-oriented solutions to sprawl and other urban problems.
http://www.urbanfutures.org/

Extractions: How can Urbanfutures.org serve you better? Please take a moment to complete a brief survey . We need your input Policy Portals Urban Planning/Smart Growth Transportation Housing/Urban Issues Economic Development/Entrepreneurship ... Regulation/Taxes Special Features Urban Policy Research Abstracts Interactive Sprawl Quiz Eminent Domain Resource Center The Digest of Transportation Research State Planning and Growth Management Database For comprehensive, state-by-state information on planning and growth management, click a state on the map above or select from the menu below: -States Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennesssee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Search the Database: Latest Commentaries Denver Permit Process Fixes Must Be Tracked Denver's ambitious permit reform efforts are to be lauded, but implementing select changes won't be enough. The City must establish a monitoring system that demonstrates whether the reforms are actually working. It's one thing to set goals, but it's another thing to measure if you're actually achieving them.
Jane Holtz Kay - Author, Journalist & Architecture/Planning Critic
Book summaries and articles concerning urban affairs, planning, transportation, and coping with pollution, sprawl, and other environmental challenges. Includes Asphalt Nation How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back. By the architecture/planning critic of The Nation.
http://www.janeholtzkay.com

Extractions: Jane Holtz Kay, an author, journalist and architecture critic for The Nation, has written widely on the built and natural environment. Her books include Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take it Back Preserving New England and Lost Boston A member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, she has written for mainstream and professional organizations from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Preservation, and Planning to The New York Times, the Boston Globe, Tompaine.com, Orion and Sierra. A magna cum laude graduate from Harvard, Kay is currently writing Last Chance Landscape while continuing her regular commentary on urban and environmental issues surrounding land use, transportation, planning and preservation. A frequent speaker, Kay has appeared on NPR's Living on Earth, Booknotes and other media while addressing national audiences, universities, and urban and conservation organizations, from the Sierra Club to the AAA, The Woods Hole Research Center to the Kennedy Library, the Conservation Law Foundation, Harvard Graduate School of Design, the American Planning Association and various activist community, and environmental groups. Click to view:
Numbers USA
Knowing the actual square miles of urban expansion (sprawl) provides a key Both the urban planning and environmentalist approaches to sprawl are valid
http://www.numbersusa.com/interests/urbansprawl.html

Extractions: Urban Sprawl Population growth is half the problem in sprawl A major controversy in the efforts to halt rural land loss is whether land-use and consumption decisions are the primary engines of urban sprawl, or whether it is the nation's continuing population boom providing most of the power driving the expansion. A careful analysis of U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Agriculture data found that the two sprawl factors share equally in the blame: Per Capita Sprawl : About half the sprawl nationwide appears to be related to the land-use and consumption choices that lead to an increase in the average amount of urban land per resident. Population Growth : The other half of sprawl is related to the increase in the number of residents.
The Commons Blog: Urban Planning And Sprawl Archives
urban Planning and sprawl Archives. Loosening the green belt. Posted by Kendra Okonski · 9 August 2005 · urban Planning and sprawl
http://commonsblog.org/archives/cat_urban_planning_and_sprawl.php

Extractions: Sekimori XML Feed Loosening the green belt 9 August 2005 Urban Planning and Sprawl In yesterday's edition of The Times , economics reporter Gabriel Rozenberg provides a great critique of the British government's land use planning system and the 'Green Belt' surrounding London and other British cities (which apparently celebrates its 50th anniversary this month). Members of British public, and particularly the elite, are horrified at the mere mention of scrapping the planning system yet as Rozenberg notes, chaos does not reign in other parts of the economy when prices are allowed to govern demand and supply for scarce resources. In the case of land use, 'Prices allow a much more sophisticated level of co-ordination, in which demand for houses, offices and open spaces are all stirred into the mix.' He continues: Planning a town, working out how to mix homes, infrastructure and open spaces, is difficult, but not impossible. The problem is that there is only ever one planner the Government. To scrap state planning would bring about a renaissance in a forgotten world from a century ago, when private corporations bought land speculatively and created garden cities and suburbs, many with restrictive covenants to keep them from decline. Competition between planners something the current system lacks drove up standards of design.
Washingtonpost.com: Growing Pains: Changing Landscapes
Part 4 urban Core Fights Decay. DC s urban areas, hurt by the exodus to the suburbs, Everyone has an idea for controlling sprawl. A look at plans,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/growth/

Extractions: S prawling development is reshaping the face of the Washington area, gobbling open space at a rate equal to 21 football fields a day. Follow the series, Green, More or Less: Washington's Vanishing Open Space, then explore further by reading dozens of previous Post stories on related topics. Take a tour with our development map Part 1: Vanishing Space. The disappearance of green space is affecting the region's environment, economy and quality of life.
DeGrove, John
Teaches growth management (smart growth) with a special focus on initiatives to contain sprawl and ensure sustainable urban and natural systems. Florida Atlantic University Joint Center for Environmental and urban Problems Director from 1972 until February 1999. (Books Land, Growth and Politics; Balanced Growth A Planning Guide for Local Government).
http://www.jc.fau.edu/staff/degrove_chair.htm
PBS - STORE WARS: Sprawl
sprawl dispersed development outside of compact urban and village centers along highways and in rural, urban strip mall
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/sprawl.html

Extractions: Before World War II, the downtown district was a community's primary commercial hub. Not only did most people shop at local businesses downtown, but the presence of offices, banks and libraries guaranteed traffic in the town center. Downtown also served as an important part of an area's social life. On weekends, folks would meet to window shop, eat at restaurants, and go to the movies. Vermont suburbs The creation of the interstate highway system and growth of suburban communities has transformed the way Americans live and work. With improved transportation, people are able to travel longer distances to work or shop. As a result, many downtown retailers have either gone out of business or have moved to the shopping mall. As customers dwindled, property values and sales tax revenues dropped. Historic buildings were neglected and storefronts boarded up, reinforcing the perception that nothing was happening downtown. Another main factor leading to sprawl is the fact that every municipality is autonomous. This independence denies towns the ability to plan effectively in collaboration with neighboring towns. The absence of regional planning authorities enables Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers to threaten towns that if they will not grant the company construction permits, the retailer will approach the next town or build on county land. If the retailer builds in the next town over, locally owned businesses will still be negatively impacted, and yet the town won't even benefit from the tax revenues granted by the megastore.
Antidotes To Sprawl
US EPA Antidotes to sprawl data and information, and technical assistance to communities interested in more sustainable urban development alternatives.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/sprawl/

Extractions: Communities throughout the Midwest and beyond are witnessing an increase in the environmental, economic, and social costs of current urban development The contacts are organized by environmental and metropolitan issues so that municipal officials can refer quickly to their specific concerns. Each issue page contains a list of related Federal programs and regional agency contacts within Region 5, including many internet resources. The categories of issues refer to major trends, consequences, or solutions to sprawl-like development patterns from within the inner city, through older and newer suburbs, and out to rural communities. Each community will have interest in several of these issues. Click on the drop-down menu to select from the list of issues. If your browser does not support scripts, click here Choose an Issue Air Pollution Brownfields Revitalizing Downtowns Environmentally Sensitive Construction Farmland Preservation and Rural Communities Flooding Habitat and Open Space Protection Infill Development Multiple Jurisdictions Nonpoint Source Pollution Public Transit Regional Planning Road and Highway Construction or Maintenance
Sprawl Overview - Sierra Club
Hundreds of urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods are choosing to manage sprawl with These solutions, including establishing urban growth boundaries,
http://www.sierraclub.com/sprawl/factsheet.asp

Extractions: Our Strategic Initiatives Build Better Communities Choose Clean Energy Exercise Democracy Get the Poisons Out Protect Nature Fight for Global Justice Our Priority Campaigns Arctic/Wildlands Clean Water Global Population Human Rights Protect National Forests Responsible Trade Stop Sprawl Stop Global Warming More Issues Select a Place Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Canada Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
The Atlantic Online | Sprawl
Articles from the magazine's archive and related links regarding sprawl and urban development.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/sprawl.htm
10000 Friends Of Pennsylvania :
An alliance of organizations and individuals committed to promoting land use policies and actions that will enable Pennsylvania to strengthen its diverse urban, suburban, and rural communities and reduce sprawl.
http://www.10000friends.org/

Extractions: IMPROVE the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians. Philadelphia Office Headquarters (New address as of May 7, 2005) 1315 Walnut Street Suite 1329 Philadelphia PA 19107-4725 Phone: 215-985-3201 Fax: 215-985-3207 Toll-free: 1-866-985-3201 Harrisburg Office (New address as of March 1, 2005) 208 North Third Street Suite 410 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Phone: 717-234-6070 Fax: 717-234-6075 Pittsburgh Office 425 Sixth Ave. Suite 1740 Regional Enterprise Tower Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Phone: 412-471-3727 Website and all contents © 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
CNN - Gridlock Drives Developers To Design Wiser Cities - February 25, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9902/25/urban.sprawl/index.html

Extractions: Web posted at: 6:12 p.m. EST (2312 GMT) By CNN Interactive Editor Stephanie Siegel ATLANTA (CNN) For years, environmentalists have preached to the saved. They met to share findings from their trials and errors with new technologies, cheered and consoled one another when no one else was listening. So why are the Home Builders Association, the Chamber of Commerce, and city, state and federal governments listening now? Not only attending, but sponsoring and speaking at Georgia's Greenprints '99: Sustainable Communities by Design conference this week. "All kinds of factors have been stacking up over the years," said Alycen Whiddon, City of Atlanta assistant planning director. Neighborhoods have been eaten away by highways and strip malls. Atlanta ranks as the Sierra Club's No. 1 sprawl-threatened large city.
The Heartland Institute - Debunking Friday The 13th: 13 Myths Of Urban Sprawl -
Myth 11 Europe Doesnt sprawl. American urban planners by the thousands have made overseas pilgrimages, frequenting sidewalk cafes across the street from
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=12350
Stopping Sprawl Main Page - Sierra Club
The Challenge to the sprawl Campaign works to fight poorly planned runaway development and promotes smart growth communities.
http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/

Extractions: Our Strategic Initiatives Build Better Communities Choose Clean Energy Exercise Democracy Get the Poisons Out Protect Nature Fight for Global Justice Our Priority Campaigns Arctic/Wildlands Clean Water Global Population Human Rights Protect National Forests Responsible Trade Stop Sprawl Stop Global Warming More Issues Select a Place Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Canada Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming MM_preloadImages("/root_images/globalnav/takeaction_2.gif","/root_images/globalnav/getoutdoors_2.gif","/root_images/globalnav/joingive_2.gif","/root_images/globalnav/insideclub_2.gif","/root_images/globalnav/store_2.gif","/root_images/globalnav/pressroom_2.gif","/root_images/globalnav/sierramag_2.gif","/root_images/globalnav/contact_2.gif","/root_images/header/go_2.gif","/root_images/globalnav/politicsissues_2.gif")

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