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New Urbanism, Traditional Neighborhood Development (TNDs), Transit-Oriented Development (TODs), cluster development, and Open Space Subdivisions are widely recommended as strategies to reduce the amount of land used for development. Cluster
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As suburban land uses (housing subdivisions, office parks, shopping centers, etc.) extend into rural areas, the high volumes of motor traffic this development brings makes narrow rural roads less hospitable to pedestrians and cyclists.
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The US 301 Task Force concluded that regional growth trends will continue with or without a proposed bypass. Recent data - school enrollments, population, and building permits - support the household and employment projections used in the work of
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Automobiles allowed people to live far away from their jobs causing the urban sprawl.
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Urban sprawl is characterized by the overall growth and spread of a given community. There are both benefits and drawbacks to this process, depending upon what factors are most important residents.IdentificationAccording to the United States
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Paper Presented at The American Planning Association Conference Seattle, WA April 28, 1999 What is Rural Sprawl? While "urban sprawl" and "suburban sprawl" steal the headlines, rural sprawl presents a thornier problem. Urban sprawl can be thought
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On One Hand: History and BenefitsUrban sprawl is responsible for many of the lifestyle luxuries citizens appreciate today. Suburban living--or decentralized living, known also as "urban sprawl"--took off in the post-World War II era and was made
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Sprawl wastes open land, damages habitat and strains public funds to build the roads and sewers and schools that must spread to serve a spreading population.
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What's behind Sydney's urban sprawl? By Chris Spindler SYDNEY — The continued expansion of Sydney's outer suburbs has led to a discussion about urban sprawl and the resulting inequities and deteriorating quality of life for the lower income
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"Sprawl" is a perjorative term for suburban growth. The fact is that only about 5 percent of the nation's urban land is developed, while 75 percent of the population lives on only 3.5 percent of the land. Also, more than 75 precent of states have
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