1. Urban Sprawl - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Publiclyeditable encyclopedia entry supplies examples and arguments for and against sprawl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl

Urban sprawl From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Urban sprawl (also called suburban sprawl ) is a pejorative term for the expansive, often explosive and sometimes reckless, growth of a metropolitan area , traditionally suburbs (or exurbs ) over a large area. Sprawl is characterized by several land-use patterns which usually occur in unison: Contents Single-use zoning Low-density land use Auto-centric communities Up-sizing ... edit Single-use zoning Commercial, residential, and industrial areas are separated from one another. Large tracts of land are devoted to the same type of development. Zoning areas are segregated from one another by roads, green space, or other barriers. As a result, the places where people live, work, shop, and recreate are far apart from one another. edit Low-density land use Sprawl consumes much more land than traditional urban developments because new developments are of low density. Buildings usually have fewer stories and are spaced further apart separated by lawns, landscaping, roadways or parking. Lots are larger and because of the greater use of automobiles much more land is devoted to parking. The impact of low density development in many communities is that developed or "urbanized" land is increasing at a faster rate than the population. In some places a population increase of one or two percent can produce an increase in developed land of as much as thirty percent. edit Auto-centric communities Many roads are built, and cities are designed so that most trips will be made in personal vehicles. Walking and other methods of transit are not made practical.

2. Sprawl City Covers comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl. http://www.sprawlcity.org/

DETROIT: Here is a city that, during the period of study, lost population but experienced profound sprawl. In light of that, how can population growth be considered an important factor in American sprawl? PORTLAND: It is at the top of most Smart Growthers' lists for best planning and execution of anti-sprawl efforts. What are the results in terms of sprawl? And if this is the best any Urbanized Area has been able to do, what does that tell us about what the average Smart Growth efforts will accomplish? LOS ANGELES: If a chief goal of Smart Growth is to increase the density of Urbanized Areas, then Los Angeles is a champion of Smart Growth. So with all that de facto Smart Growth, why is L.A. mainly seen as a champion of sprawl? Population growth and increased per capita land consumption have played almost equal roles in the loss of some 1200 square miles of rural land in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Area. According to U.S. Bureau of the Census data, increased per capita land consumption was associated with about 55% of the sprawl in the Watershed and population growth was associated with about 45% of the sprawl, although there is great variation among the different Urbanized Areas of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The Chesapeake Bay Watershed is home to more than 3,000 species of plants and animals, and nearly 15 million people today. The restoration and long-term protection of the Bay depends on halting the urban sprawl that is threatening the biodiversity and water quality of the area.

3. Researchers Mislead Public On Air Pollution Benefits Of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Leonard C. Gilroy of the Reason Public Policy Institute proposes that urban sprawl may aid in achieving racial equality. http://www.rppi.org/opeds/102601.html

Reason Public Policy Institute is a public policy think tank promoting choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy as the foundation for human dignity and progress. Policy Issues - -Education and Child Welfare -Environment -Transportation Publications -Crime/Public Safety -Education -Electricity and Telecomm. -Environmental -Government Reform -Health and Social Services -PrivatizationHow-To Guides -PrivatizationFederal -PrivatizationState and Local -Privatization Periodicals -Space -Solid Waste -Surface Transportation -Water and Wastewater Urban Sprawl: Good for Minorities? By Leonard C. Gilroy Published Exclusively on Reason Public Policy Institute .org on October 26, 2001 Leonard C. Gilroy Critics of urban sprawl blame suburbia for a plethora of modern societal ills, including pollution, traffic congestion, inner city poverty, even obesity. However , a recent study by Matthew Kahn at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy identifies one important benefit of sprawl: it reduces the housing consumption gap between white and black Americans. Historically, there has been a gap between black and white Americans in almost every aspect of housing consumption, including homeownership rates and average housing sizes. But this gap has been closing in recent decades.

4. Rupert's Frontdoor Ecologically sustainable development, intelligent transport systems, urban sprawl, twentyfirst century, public transport, greenways, Green links. http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2265/

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5. The Sprawling Of America In Defense Of The Dynamic City urban sprawl has sparked a national debate over landuse policy. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

6. Sprawl Growth Topics Covered In The Planning Commissioners Journal Sprawl and growth management topics covered in the Planning Commissioners Journal. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

7. Urban Sprawl @ Nationalgeographic.com Loads of information about urban sprawl, including essays, books, and current news. Looking back, this site examines the roots of the problem. http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/07/01/html/ft_20010701.3.html

NGM Site Index NGM Home Current Features Grizzlies Marco Polo III Urban Sprawl Monhegan Island Kingdom of Aksum ZipUSA: Delacroix, LA Online Extra Missed the Press Final Edit Online Extra Online Extra Flashback Forums Global Getaways Hip Zips Match Wits Postcards Tell Us: The Game Wallpaper Subscribe Archives Registration Contact Us Advertising Opportunities Masthead Nationalgeographic.com Shop Online NGS Publications Index Photography Maps Collectors Corner Committee for Research Expeditions Council In the Burbs Step into the world of writers and photographers as they tell you about the best, worst, and quirkiest places and adventures they encountered in the field Sprawl at Night: Seeing the Light By John G. Mitchell Photographs by Sarah Leen Get a taste of what awaits you in print from this compelling excerpt. When investors come, can developers be far behind? And behind the developer comes the family in search of a home in the suburbs. We drove past or through a dozen new subdivisions that day. The Meadows at Mason. Heritage Club. Hickory Woods. Simpson Creek Farms. Presently we arrived at a subdivision called Trailside Acres, featuring homes that we figured might sell for up to half a million dollars apiece. At the end of a cul-de-sac Spellmire gestured toward a wide, open field we could see in the distance beyond the slim side yards of the big houses. Get the whole story in the pages of National Geographic magazine As typical suburbs grow out of control, developers are building kinder, gentler, self-contained subdivisions. Would you trade a big house in the burbs for a lifestyle that could end sprawl?

8. Urban Sprawl Suburban expansion, urban sprawl, growth management, smart growth, new urbanism these are the terms currently used to describe what is happening in http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

9. Urban Sprawl: The Big Picture NASA Science News Satellites provide a big picture perspective on the environmental impacts of urban sprawl. But most city planners don. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/11oct_sprawl.htm

Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture Earth-orbiting satellites are collecting valuable data that reveal the environmental impact of fast-growing cities. Listen to this story via streaming audio , a downloadable file , or get help October 11, 2002: While space technology was undergoing its spectacular birth during the 1950s and '60s, and visionaries were predicting the spread of human colonies into space, another kind of human colony was spreading rapidlyright here on Earth! It was the dawn of the modern suburb, a time of post-war prosperity when housing developments popped up across the landscape like mushrooms after a rain. Right: A reconstruction of the growth of Baltimore, Maryland, over the last 200 years. The U.S. Geological Survey used historical records as well as Landsat satellite data to create this sequence. Courtesy USGS A half-century later, we now understand that many environmental problems accompany the outward spread of cities: fragmenting and destroying wildlife habitat, for example, and discharging polluted runoff water into streams and lakes. The emerging space technology of the 1950s has grown along with our cities. As you read this today, dozens of high-tech satellites are circling our planet, gathering terabytes of scientific data about the environment. These data provide a unique "big picture" view of the effects of urban sprawl.

10. The Progress Report -- Independent Daily News News, analysis, and discussion on issues from progressive perspective on topics including economic justice, corporate welfare, urban sprawl, and tax reform. http://www.progress.org/

part of The Economic Justice Network Choose One Specialized Search Engine Discussion Room Understanding Economics Prosperity for Australia Build Your Own Tax Policy Corporate Welfare Shame Site Green Economics What's Your Position? Free Quiz Sprawl Information Center Cooperative Individualism Museum of Tax Oddities Economic Justice Plaza About the EJN Deutsch Korean Danish Japanese ... Page Two Search This Site! Opinion Poll In general, which do you trust the most? governments corporations religions non-profit organizations labor unions crowds Powered by Perseus ExpressPoll web survey software Shop Links Volunteers Needed ... Legal Notice Daily Since 1997 What's the Difference Between Animals and Human Beings? Is it reasoning power? Does that give us a different set of rights? Senior Editor Fred Foldvary explores and explains. Few Dare Call it Reason Anti-Security, Anti-Health Proposals have surfaced in Congress and confused legislators might vote for them just to show that they are doing something anything about the bungled Katrina disaster. Congress Must Not Adopt Extreme Proposals in Response to Katrina Big Government Harrasses Private Citizens why are the Republicans so determined to make the U.S. more and more like the U.S.S.R.? Freedom-loving Americans protest.

11. Sprawl Watch The Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse is a resource center which provides information on sprawl, smart growth and livable communities. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

12. Sprawl City Covers comsumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

13. Urban Sprawl Links to articles about urban sprawl. http://www.goldcanyon.com/us/urbansprawl.html

Gold Canyon, Arizona Urban Sprawl Local Sprawl Haphazard growth or extension outward, especially that resulting from real estate development on the outskirts of a city: urban sprawl. "Development is going on at an insane pace. With all of these buildings, you need more police, more fire rescue, more hospitals, more schools, more infrastructure. And that has not been part of the plan. We have to keep all of this in mind. If development doesn't help, it destroys." - miami.com "When you think about it, really, we have a terrible planning process in this city.... We don't manage growth at all." - 2004 Tucson the issues - environmental and economic impact of traffic on air quality standards threat to water quality and acquifers mismanagement of stormwater and sewage reduction of wildlife habitat loss of open space and unique natural areas homogenization of rural landscapes expense of costly new infrastructure deterioration of historic commerical centers overdependence on the automobile and superhighways ... several local governments and school districts were asking voters to raise taxes and fees for libraries, police and fire services, classrooms and other improvements.

14. Urban Landuse Allocation Model (ULAM) ULAM software package used by Urban and Regional Planning Professionals to project population and employment growth and to evaluate the impacts of urban sprawl. http://www.ulam.org/

About Us Training Documentation Tech Support ... License Info ULAM was developed by Transportation Planning Services, Inc. 1360 S. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1103, Pompano Beach, FL 33062 Telephone (954) 782-8550 Mike - email TPS.Mike.Brown@comcast.net What is ULAM? What Input Files Are Required? What Type Of Allocation Process Is Used? ... ZDATA Files For Dummies ATTENTION ULAM USERS! ULAM Version 05 will be available to TPS licensed users in June 2005. This version is a combined parcel and traffic zone based allocation process with significant improvements to the allocation process and an improved user interface to other ULAM planning applications. This version is designed to be more applicable for non-Florida users with ArcGIS applications. For More Info The ULAM School Planning Application is completed and will be available to licensed users. For More Info The ULAM Fiscal Impact Model is currently under development. For More Info Development of a ULAM Water Quality/ Water Demand Planning Application will begin in late 2005. Status Of Other ULAM Research Projects ULAM Research Projects The University Of Florida Land Use and Transportation Modeling Research Program (LUTMRP) has been established at the in the Department Of Urban and Regional Planning in Gainesville. The program conducts research and provides professional services to public and non-profit agencies involved in land use and transportation modeling.

15. Urban Sprawl @ Nationalgeographic.com Voice your opinion. To see what some planners prescribe for the ills of urban sprawl, visit our virtual "smart growth" suburb. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

16. Indicators Of Urban Sprawl Indicators of urban sprawl. Prepared by Oregon s Department of Land Conservation and Development May 1992. * From 1970 to 1990, the density of urban http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~pppm/landuse/sprawl.html

Indicators of Urban Sprawl Prepared by Oregon's Department of Land Conservation and Development May 1992 * From 1970 to 1990, the density of urban population in the United States decreased by 23 percent. Source: Associated Press article "Census: Cities Takeover U.S.," Statesman Journal , December 18, 1991. * From 1970 to 1990, more than 30,000 square miles (19 million acres) of once-rural lands in the United States became urban, as classified by the U.S. Census Bureau. That amount of land equals about one third of Oregon's total land area. Source: Associated Press article referred to above. * From 1969 to 1989, the population of the United States. increased by 22.5 percent and the number of miles driven by that population ("vehicles miles traveled" or "VMT") increased by 98.4 percent. Source: Federal Highway Administration, "Selected Highway Statistics and Chartsl 989," quoted in March 1991 Special Trends , by the Urban Land Institute. * From 1983 to 1987, the population of the United States increased by 9.2 million-people and the number of cars and trucks increased by 20. 1 million. Source: Statistical Abstract of United States, 1989

17. CNN.com - Nature - Satellite Images Show Effects Of Urban Sprawl - February 21, CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/02/21/sprawl.space.01/index.html

nature Editions myCNN Video ... Feedback CNN Sites CNN CNN Europe CNNfn CNNSI myCNN CNNfyi AllPolitics Languages Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNfn.com The Web NATURE TOP STORIES New hurdles hamper Galapagos oil spill cleanup Insight, Prius lead the hybrid-powered fleet Picture: Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts MORE TOP STORIES Up to 2,000 killed in India quake; fear of aftershocks spreads Clinton aide denies reports of White House vandalism New hurdles hamper Galapagos oil-spill cleanup Two more Texas fugitives will contest extradition ... MORE MARKETS 4:30pm ET, 4/16 DJIA NAS SPORTS Jordan says farewell for the third time ... LOCAL EDITIONS: CNN.com Europe change default edition MULTIMEDIA: video video archive audio multimedia showcase ... more services E-MAIL: Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists. Enter your address: document.write(' '); Or: Get a free e-mail account E-MAIL DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback CNN WEB SITES: AsiaNow Svenska Norge Danmark ... Italian FASTER ACCESS: europe japan TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW CNN NETWORKS: more networks transcripts SITE INFO: help contents search ad info ... jobs WEB SERVICES: CNN e-store Satellite images show effects of urban sprawl NASA satellites captured images of changes in Atlanta's landscape from 1973 to 1997 February 21, 2000

18. What Causes Urban Sprawl? What causes urban sprawl? http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

19. Urban Sprawl 4,000 articles about the history of urban sprawl in Arizona. http://goldcanyon.com/us/urbansprawl.html

Gold Canyon, Arizona Urban Sprawl Local Sprawl Haphazard growth or extension outward, especially that resulting from real estate development on the outskirts of a city: urban sprawl. "Development is going on at an insane pace. With all of these buildings, you need more police, more fire rescue, more hospitals, more schools, more infrastructure. And that has not been part of the plan. We have to keep all of this in mind. If development doesn't help, it destroys." - miami.com "When you think about it, really, we have a terrible planning process in this city.... We don't manage growth at all." - 2004 Tucson the issues - environmental and economic impact of traffic on air quality standards threat to water quality and acquifers mismanagement of stormwater and sewage reduction of wildlife habitat loss of open space and unique natural areas homogenization of rural landscapes expense of costly new infrastructure deterioration of historic commerical centers overdependence on the automobile and superhighways ... several local governments and school districts were asking voters to raise taxes and fees for libraries, police and fire services, classrooms and other improvements.

20. 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://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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