1. Urban Sprawl - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to lowdensity and auto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawl

Urban sprawl From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Urban sprawl spatial pattern in San Jose, California Urban sprawl , also known as suburban sprawl , is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to low-density and auto-dependent development on rural land, high segregation of uses (e.g. stores and residential), and various design features that encourage car dependency. As a result, some critics argue that sprawl has certain disadvantages, including: High car dependence. Inadequate facilities e.g.: cultural, emergency, health, etc. Higher per-person infrastructure costs. Inefficient street layouts. Low diversity of housing and business types. Higher per-capita use of energy, land, and water. Perceived low aesthetic value. However, critics of the current mainstream of urban planning thought (which has become overwhelmingly anti-"sprawl") respond that sprawl also has certain advantages including: More single family residences on larger lots. Lower land prices.

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3. Urban Sprawl: Facts, Discussion Forum, And Encyclopedia Article Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburb http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Urban_sprawl

Home Discussion Topics Dictionary ... Login Urban sprawl Urban sprawl Topic Home Discussion Definition Discussion Ask a question about ' Urban sprawl Start a new discussion about ' Urban sprawl Answer questions from other users Full Discussion Forum Encyclopedia Urban sprawl , also known as suburban sprawl , is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburb Suburb Suburb usually refers to a residential area. They can be the residential areas of a city, or separate residential communities within commuting distance of a city. Some suburbs have a degree of political autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods... s to its outskirts to low-density, auto-dependent development on rural land, with associated design features that encourage car dependency. As a result, some critics argue that sprawl has certain disadvantages, including: Long transport distances to work. High-car dependence. Inadequate facilities e.g.: health, cultural. etc. Higher per-person infrastructure costs. Perceived low aesthetic value.

4. Urban Sprawl - Dickinson College Wiki Urban Sprawl What is Sprawl? The term sprawl was first introduced in 1937 by one of the first city planners in the southern United States, Earle Draperone. http://wiki.dickinson.edu/index.php/Urban_Sprawl

Urban Sprawl From Dickinson College Wiki Jump to: navigation search Environmental Economics Sp 08 Mexico: Trade and the Environment ... Local Recycling Policies Urban Sprawl Trade and the Environment Optimist Pessimist Debate Forestry in China Contents Urban Sprawl What is Sprawl? Historical Perspective Economic Forces and Urban Sprawl ... References Urban Sprawl What is Sprawl? The term sprawl was first introduced in 1937 by one of the first city planners in the southern United States, Earle Draperone. Sprawl is defined as the “tendency toward lower city densities as city footprints expand.” In more specific terms, the term urban sprawl as used in the pattern of land development in the United States as “spread-out” or “unlimited and noncontiguous way outward” with “one- or two-story single-family residential development on lots ranging from one-third to one acre (less on the West Coast) accompanied by strip commercial centers and industrial parks, also two stories or less in height and with a similar amount of land taking.” Historical Perspective Urban sprawl is most defined as the movement of people into the immediate area surrounding a city thereby increasing the area of the city. A more empirical definition used is the population density of a given area, which is open to even more interpretation as there are often differences between gradients. What began this dispersal out of the core of cities was the suburban movement, which enticed people to bring the city into the countryside.

5. Urban Sprawl - Includipedia, The Inclusionist Encyclopaedia Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is the spreading of a city and its suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area. Residents of sprawling neighborhoods http://www.includipedia.com/wiki/Urban_sprawl

6. Issues--Urban Sprawl � Explore More: Working Landscapes Many people who live in a city have the dream of moving to the country. They might desire peace and quiet, or decreased traffic, pollution http://www.iptv.org/exploreMore/land/issues/iss_urba/urban_sprawl.cfm

Urban Sprawl Agriculture Are Working Landscapes Desirable? Natural Resources Economic Development ... Tourism Many people who live in a city have the dream of moving to the country. They might desire peace and quiet, or decreased traffic, pollution, and perceived crime. For these reasons and more, people are moving out of city centers and into the outlying areas. As these people move out, businesses follow. After all, people need grocery stores and gas stations to satisfy their convenience-oriented needs. As these newer communities grow, housing and business developments consume landscapes while inner city areas become more and more deserted. Some people believe we should build a new business on a vacant lot in a city before sacrificing more land on the edge of town. In fact, there are some cities fighting for this to become a law. Choosing Our Neighborhoods How Sprawl Starts The concern is urban sprawl. Urban sprawl happens when houses and businesses leap frog over each other. An example might be a person who buys a ten acres of land in the country not far from a town or city and wants to build a house on it.

7. Our Land, Our Literature: Environment - Urban Sprawl Our Land, Our Literature is an educational resource that explores Indiana's rich heritage of writing, from the 1820s to the present. http://www.bsu.edu/ourlandourlit/Environment/Issues/Urban_Sprawl.html

Special Notice Urban Sprawl Sprawl is a major cause of habitat and wetland destruction in Indiana. It has been a continuous problem since the late 1800s, when industrialization and exponential population increases expanded the borders of Indiana's cities. In the twentieth century, the problem grew worse when city-dwellers began to move from urban to rural areas. In housing patterns of recent years, even greater responsibility for sprawl has fallen upon the commuter who wants his or her own five-acre haven in the country. In order to support the number of people moving from the city to the country, Indiana farm fields have been transformed into housing developments, schools, and shopping centers. Forests have been further fragmented as 5,000-square-foot homes have been built in the middle of "unused" woods. One result of the sprawl is that Hoosiers, like other Americans, have become utterly dependent upon the automobile to reach their destinations. Traffic has increased, and with the added time spent behind the wheel has come an increase in air pollution Another result of sprawl is the

8. Urban Sprawl And Public Health 202 Viewpoint Public Health Reports/MayJune 2002/Volume 117 mographics and in the form of our environment might also be expected to have health implications, both positive and http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/articles/Urban_Sprawl_and_Public_Health_PHR.pdf

9. Urban Sprawl Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is a multifaceted concept, which includes the spreading outwards of a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to lowdensity, auto http://www.kosmix.com/topic/Urban_sprawl

10. Urban Sprawl - Topic - Associated Content From Yahoo! - Associatedcontent.com Associated Content is a platform that enables everyone to publish their content in any format (text, video, audio, images) on any topic and then distributes that content http://www.associatedcontent.com/topic/51165/urban_sprawl.html

Associated Content Home News Home Creative Writing ... History Urban Sprawl Sort by: Most Relevant Publish Date Comparative Analysis Essay on Two Articles About Urban Sprawl By Kevin Duong February 19, 2009 Urban sprawl has to do with the effects of the human civilization destroyer natural habitats to build our cities. This is an essay comparing two opposing views on urban sprawl. The Problems with Urban Sprawl By Kristina Jones January 3, 2007 It has been argued that urban sprawl is the root of many environmental problems. Today, I am offering my viewpoint on this issue and reasons to support my position. The Effects and Causes of Urban Sprawl in the Environment By JR Smith January 15, 2009 With the urbanization of cities and communities around the world, its impact on public health has become increasingly known as the phenomenon of urban sprawl. Urban Sprawl Myths By Anna Burroughs November 23, 2006 Urban sprawl is a contagious affliction that's spreading across America. The list of reasons that persuade small towns to trade real community planning for big box business is long and economically misguided. Location Efficient Mortgages: How LEMs Are Fighting Urban Sprawl By Brad Eubanks December 3, 2008

11. Urban Sprawl Sponsored Listings. Free Trial Issue E/The Environmental Magazine A 10-time Independent Press Awards winner and nominee, E is chock full of everything environmental from http://www.policyalmanac.org/environment/archive/urban_sprawl.shtml

12. Urban Sprawl: Definition From Answers.com n. The unplanned, uncontrolled spreading of urban development into areas adjoining the edge of a city. http://www.answers.com/topic/urban-sprawl

13. Urban Dictionary: Urban Sprawl covering every green ppeice of land with housing developments that are filled with poorly made, yet massive, houses that all look identical(mc mans http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urban sprawl

14. Sprol Explores locations affected by pollution, urban sprawl, and other causes of environmental harm, with text, satellite imagery and Google Maps. http://www.sprol.com/

15. Land Use And Urban Sprawl On Clean Water Action Council Environmental issues have been Clean Water Action Council's focus since 1985. A variety of issues affect water quality and quantity. http://www.cwac.net/landuse/index.html

Home Issues Events Join Us ... Help CWAC Search: - G. Ben Land use and urban sprawl are major environmental concerns affecting us in a variety of ways. We must adopt sustainable patterns of development which are not self-destructive. What is Urban Sprawl? "Sprawl" is the increased use of urbanized land by fewer people than in the past. Traditional cities were compact and efficient, but over the past 30-50 years, the density of land used per person has declined drastically. Although the U.S. population grew by 17 percent from 1982 to 1997, urbanized land increased by 47 percent during the same 15 year period. The developed acreage per person has nearly doubled in the past 20 years, and housing lots larger than 10 acres have accounted for 55 percent of land developed since 1994, according to the American Farmland Trust. Land use and urban sprawl are major environmental concerns affecting us in a variety of ways. We must adopt sustainable patterns of development which are not self-destructive. Impacts of Sprawl Land Use and Urban Sprawl Between 1950 and 2002, the number of acres of

16. Tox Town - Urban Sprawl - Text Version Smart growth, urban planning, zoning, development, built environment, designing, building. From the U.S. National Library of Medicine. http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/locations.php?id=61

17. 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 Children below the age of 10 should: be allowed to vote all have health insurance regardless of their parents' income be required to attend school or be home-schooled not be subject to taxation be guaranteed three nutritious meals every day be allowed to drive a car not be sentenced to jail under any circumstances not have to hold a job be able to enter into legally binding contracts not be allowed to join armies or militias See Results Shop Links Volunteers Needed ... Legal Notice Daily Since 1997 Many investors lost their shirt, yet the Ivy League enjoyed gains. Why didn't they tell the rest of this society their secret? Princeton Endowment Posts a 14.7% Return

18. Urban Sprawl: The Big Picture - NASA Science Earthorbiting satellites are collecting valuable data that reveal the environmental impact of fast-growing cities. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/11oct_sprawl/

Skip to Main Content Header Visit NASA.gov Connect ... Site Map Search Site Go! Home Big Questions Earth Heliophysics ... Science@NASA Headline News → Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture Urban Sprawl: the Big Picture 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.

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20. Kids And Teens Provides simple suggestions for kids and teens to help prevent environmental problems like pollution, urban sprawl, and mistreatment of wildlife. http://www.members.tripod.com/nature210/id2.htm

var TlxPgNm='id2'; Build your own FREE website at Tripod.com Share: Facebook Twitter Digg reddit document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard']); document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard2']); Change the World home Kids and Teens Adults and Parents People who can Help Talk to us Helping Hands ... Informative Sites Kids and Teens You're never too young to change the world Simple ways to help the environment around you: Issue Solutions Trash or Waste Pollution Start a clean-up group with your friends and post signs around school Get people to sponsor your clean-up efforts to raise money and awareness Join a previously formed clean-up group RECYCLE! Send a letter to the school or city newspaper Explain to people you know why littering is wrong Send an e-mail to local political leaders about the problem Sprawling City Growth Join a Smart Growth Group , or suggest the idea to a grown-up Tell your parents how much you like city parks Enjoy open space while it lasts Visit city, state or national parks to take in the outdoor experience Send an e-mail to local political leaders asking to conserve land use Wildlife Mistreatment Urge friends not to harm animals for any reason Tell friends that they should leave wildlife alone for all to enjoy Tell an adult if someone is harming animals or wildlife Start or join a group like the Humane Society that cares for mistreated animals Send an e-mail to local or national political leaders to stop wildlife mistreatment Any Problem in the Environment Talk to Someone Send a letter to school or local newspaper Send an e-mail

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