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Once There Were Greenfields How Urban Sprawl Is Undermining Americass Environment Economy and Social Fabric by Donald Chen, 1999-01-01
Urban Sprawl and Cityscapes: A Comparative Assessment by Robert Heuton, 2008-06-17
Time Magazine March 22 1999 My 12 Rules for Succeeding in the Digital Age By Bill Gates * The Fight Against Urban Sprawl by Time Magazine, 1999
Urban Studies and Planning Terminology: Megacity, Gentrification, Ecovillage, Grid Plan, Brownfield Land, Urban Sprawl, White Flight
Community Development: Extent of Federal Influence on Urban Sprawl Is Unclear by Signora May, 1999-10
Community development : extent of federal influence on "urban sprawl" is unclear : report to Congressional requesters (SuDoc GA 1.13:RCED-99-87) by U.S. General Accounting Office, 1999
Policy options are available to curb urban sprawl.(Focus): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press by Gale Reference Team, 2007-05-10
Transportation Costs of Urban Sprawl, a Review of the Literature (State Transportation Policy Initiative) by Andrew Dzurik, 1993
Land use externalities, open space preservation, and urban sprawl [An article from: Regional Science and Urban Economics] by E.G. Irwin, N.E. Bockstael, 2004-11-01
Reflections on urban sprawl, smart growth, and the Fifth Amendment.: An article from: University of Pennsylvania Law Review by Timothy J. Dowling, 2000-01-01
Urban sprawl -- the big picture emerges. (Inside America).: An article from: Town and Country Planning by Mike Teitz, 2002-03-01
Urban Sprawl: Urban sprawl. Smart growth, Transit-oriented development, White flight, Subdivision (land), Urban runoff, Shopping mall, Urban growth boundary, Urban planning
Ex-urban sprawl as a factor in traffic fatalities and EMS response times in the southeastern United States.: An article from: Journal of Economic Issues by Thomas E. Lambert, Peter B. Meyer, 2006-12-01
Can Dublin Survive as a Low Density City?: An insight into Dublin's Urban Sprawl by Frank Cronan, 2010-08-04

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CNN - Urban Sprawl Not A Threat, Report Claims - March 31, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9903/31/sprawl.enn/index.html

Extractions: Over the past few months, the Clinton administration has proposed a series of initiatives and bond measures to curb urban sprawl and preserve open space and farmland. These measures, which include the $9.5 billion Better America Bonds program to curb urban sprawl and the $1 billion Lands Legacy Initiative to preserve places of natural beauty, have been applauded by those campaigning against sprawl across America. Nevertheless, the National Center for Policy Analysis, a conservative think tank based in Dallas, Texas, has released a report that refutes the argument that urban development is causing the disappearance of open spaces and damage to the environment. According to the report, "The Truth About Urban Sprawl," suburbanization does not threaten the quality of life for most people and land development can be managed more effectively through real-estate markets than comprehensive land-use planning.
Suburban Sprawl | Csmonitor.com
Suburban sprawl BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE PHOTO BY ALEX MACLEAN. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/01/10/slideshow/slide1.html
CNN - IT's Role In Curbing Urban Sprawl - May 7, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/07/sprawl.idg/index.html

Extractions: (IDG) Many of the nation's cities are enjoying the fruits of the best economy in decades, with the indicators of civic health-tax receipts, economic investment levels and employment rates-all pointing up. Yet the good times have brought some negatives: an insatiable appetite on the part of consumers and developers for more space, choking transportation systems and service infrastructures. In short, urban sprawl. These problems, which come with fairly toxic environmental side effects, have become so severe that the nation's mayors consider the containment of urban sprawl a top priority. The National League of Cities reported recently that nearly half of the 393 mayors surveyed believed development in their communities was poorly planned or "sprawling." To sort through such problems, communities are rallying around "smart growth" policies that attempt to balance community life and economic development. Increasingly, those plans involve information technologies including geographic information systems (GIS), graphic modeling software and land-use systems that use population and demographic databases to project growth scenarios.
Environment And Climate
issues from sustainable development, global warming, public lands management, chemical risk assessment, ecosystem health, urban sprawl, pollution, and
http://www.cato.org/research/natur-st.html
CNN - Study: Fight Urban Sprawl, Boost Bottom Line - June 16, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/US/9906/16/urban.sprawl/index.html

Extractions: ATLANTA (CNN) Businesses hope that pumping new life into a city's "downtown," making it more appealing to employees, is a quality-of-life decision that can boost their bottom line. Call it anti-urban sprawl. Across the country, more and more executives are joining the fight, according to a report released Monday. Increasingly, they are worried about traffic jams, air pollution and a lack of open space conditions often created by business in the first place will rob their companies of the best workers, the report says.
Urban Sprawl: New Smart Growth America Study Moves To Measure Elusive Location F
urban sprawl New Smart Growth America Study Moves to Measure Elusive Location Factor. Week of October 28, 2002 Snapshot from the Field,
http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/snapshot/sf021028.htm

Extractions: WASHINGTON, D.C. www.smartgrowthamerica.com ), a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has just released the results of a three-year study that ranked urban sprawl in the 83 largest U.S. metropolitan regions. (Collectively, those 83 metro regions contain about half of the U.S. population.) High-sprawl areas suffer the same traffic delays as do clustered metros, the SGA study found. "This finding," researchers wrote, "challenges claims that regions can sprawl their way out of congestion."
Arizona Urban Sprawl Webworks
web domains @alienheadband.com ~ mp3s @azsalt.org ~ area land trust @azuswebworks.com ~ arizona hyperlinks @goldcanyon.com ~ urban sprawl @lifelonglearn.org
http://www.azuswebworks.com/
Green Ontario: Sprawl
Curb urban sprawl! Formal Strategies or Plans for Controlling urban sprawl. Federal Government. None. Provincial Government. Niagara Escarpment Plan.
http://www.greenontario.org/strategy/sprawl.html

Extractions: Urban Sprawl! For the latest developments in Ontario's Smart Growth initiative, see our Smart Growth section How can we halt Dumb Growth! Urban sprawl the uncontrolled growth of urban centres poses a serious threat to the natural environment, our foodland and energy resources, and to human health and quality of life. Ontario's major urban centres are growing rapidly. Without careful planning and compact development we will lose more land than is necessary and exacerbate existing air and water quality problems. Population of Ontario Urban Centres (Source: Statistics Canada) % Change Toronto Ottawa-Hull Hamilton London Kitchener St Catharines Windsor Oshawa Ontario How this growth is managed will affects our ability to achieve several important environmental goals, such as... protecting significant natural areas (wetlands, forests, waterways); conserving valuable resources (in particular Canada's prime agricultural farmland and fossil fuels);
CNN.com - Nature - Urban Sprawl Curbs Food Production, Study Shows - February 28
http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/02/28/sprawl.enn/index.html
Urban Sprawl In The Great Lakes Region
urban sprawl in the Great Lakes Region Perhaps urban sprawl is difficult to define but people usually know it when they see it. The
http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/sprawl/sprawl_1.html

Extractions: Urban Sprawl in the Great Lakes Region Perhaps you've noticed your community is getting a little bigger. Road construction seems to be everywhere and traffic is more heavy than it used to be; new strip malls and "big box" stores are popping up; and land on the outskirts of your town is being cleared for new housing subdivisions. Your community could be experiencing urban sprawl, an issue that has affected cities and towns across the country as well as the Great Lakes region. Urban sprawl can be generally defined as wide-spread, low-density development that consists primarily of strip commercial developments, such as malls and large office buildings, and housing subdivisions connected by new, wide roads and boulevards. The subdivisions are set apart from other development and built within a specific price range, and people are dependant on their cars to get them from one place to another. With sprawl, fewer people occupy more land and as the people spread out, so do the buildings, roads and houses. Urban sprawl is difficult to define but people usually know it when they see it. The following maps describe what an urban sprawl suburb might look like (left) compared to the land use plan of a town that avoids sprawl (right).
Evergreen Campus Conflict Growth Vs. Green
urban sprawl has reached the borders of The Evergreen State College campus. (Seattle Times)
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/altever_110298.html
Conservation - Provincial Issues - Urban Sprawl/Smart Growth
urban sprawl / Smart Growth. Image from the smart growth broadsheet. Check out these resources for more information about urban sprawl and Smart Growth
http://www.ontarionature.org/enviroandcons/issues/sprawl.html

Extractions: Donate Today Image from the smart growth broadsheet. Illustration by Clive Dobson. Download the Smart Growth Broadsheet (PDF 850KB) and find out how you can help your municipal council and the Ontario government curb urban sprawl and create smarter, healthier communities where nature comes first. For a printed copy of this publication please send an email to info@ontarionature.org with your mailing address. If you want to understand why urban sprawl happens and how we can curb sprawl by creating smarter communities that protect woodlands, wetlands, wildlife and farmlands, please read our book A Smart Future for Ontario: How to Protect Nature and Curb Urban Sprawl in Your Community . Download individual chapters below, or go to the Ontario Nature Shop to order a hard copy of the book for only $8.00. Smart Communities - Introduction (PDF 86KB)
The Manchester, NH Urban Open Space Web Site
Photoessays and information about urban open space problems such as excess development, urban sprawl, urban forests, urban wildlife, work of conservation commissions, and downtown improvement via American Elm restoration.
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/env/

Extractions: The Manchester, NH Urban Open Space Web Site HACKETT HILL DEVELOPMENT PLAN "GREEN VS. GREED" The Hackett Hill preserve-development issue has been a major theme of this Web site for a number of years. Currently, a master plan for the development of the property is under consideration by Manchester's Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The map shown here is taken from the master plan. It is a striking and disturbing image. The area outlined in red constitutes the Manchester Cedar Swamp - an ecological preserve owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy. The conceptual scheme for a business park planned by the City is shown in considerable detail. It is clear that roads and buildings are located in direct proximity to the highly sensitive protected area. In addition, they are located in an area which is currently at least 95% forested and contains vernal pools, territories of numerous mammalian species, and a threatened plant species. The City continues to ignore warnings that the sensitive swampland will be degraded by its planned construction activities. Moreover, the master plan included no scientific studies of the life forms that would be displaced or otherwise adversely affected by the development. Most importantly, suggestions that the area be set aside under a conservation easement and used for environmental education and passive recreation continue to be ignored.
Urban Sprawl
Search. Geography, urban sprawl Guide picks. Information about the issue on everyone s minds urban sprawl. How To Mess Up a Town
http://geography.about.com/cs/urbansprawl/

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Gruen, Victor (1903-1980)
Founder of one of the nation's leading architectural, planning and engineering firms, Gruen designed the first regional shopping center, the Northland Shopping Center in Detroit in 1954 and later wrote extensively on urban planning and urban sprawl.
http://ahc.uwyo.edu/digital/gruen/intro.htm
National Policy Analysis #239: The Campaign Against Urban Sprawl: Declaring War
National Policy Analysis 239 The Campaign Against urban sprawl Declaring War on the American Dream April 1999 published by The National Center for Public
http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA239.html

Extractions: From the White House to Main Street, urban sprawl is the latest environmental crisis vexing America. The Clinton Administration and environmentalists warn that urban sprawl, or unregulated suburban development, undermines our quality of life. They argue that urban sprawl exacerbates traffic congestion, scars the landscape with ungainly strip malls and consumes the scenic open space that attracts people to the suburbs in the first place. Even more alarming, Vice President Albert Gore says, if steps aren't taken now to curb sprawl, urbanization will consume so much farmland that the United States may run out of enough agricultural land to feed itself in the 21st century and, for the first time in the nation's history, become a net importer of food. So serious is the threat allegedly posed by sprawl that the Administration has proposed a $10 billion program aimed at combating its pernicious effects by funding more mass transit programs, increasing the purchase of land for parks and open space and funding other projects ostensibly aimed at improving the quality of suburban living. But the threat posed by sprawl to rustic open spaces and farmland is grossly overstated by the Clinton Administration. While the Administration plays upon people's understandable but misguided fears about the destruction of open space, the record from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service show that less than 5% of the United States is developed. Moreover, for several decades now, the amount of land that is dedicated to parks and other conservation uses has greatly exceeded the amount of land that has been urbanized.
National Policy Analysis #231: Clinton's Urban Sprawl Program Threatens Freedom
National Policy Analysis 231 Clinton s urban sprawl Program Threatens Freedom and the Environment February 1999 published by The National Center for Public
http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA231.html

Extractions: What percentage of U.S. land do you think has been developed? 50%? 25%? 10%? Answer: Less than 5%. Yet the Clinton Administration believes that taxpayers must pay for a multi-billion dollar land acquisition program aimed at curbing "urban sprawl" - the suburbanization of rural areas that it believes is luring people away from the cities and threatening farm lands, open spaces and the environment. Ironically, urban sprawl is far more likely to become a problem with the President's anti-sprawl campaign than without it. A recent study by Dr. Samuel R. Staley of the Reason Public Policy Institute helps put the issue in perspective. According to Staley, less than 5% of the United States has been developed, with 75% of the nation's population living on just 3.5% of the land area. In more than three-quarters of the states, over 90% of the land is used for such rural purposes as forestry, pasture, wildlife preservation and parks. Farmland loss to development - once a serious problem - has declined from 6.2% per decade during the 1960's to 2.7% now. And Americans need less farmland today. Demand for agricultural land has been declining due to technological advances, such as fertilizers, biotechnology and pesticides, that have increased crop yields. Agricultural output increased by more than 28% in the 1990's alone. The Administration's anti-sprawl campaign could create new problems. By buying rural lands for open space and parks, the Administration could increase land prices in already developing suburban areas, placing home ownership out of the reach of Americans of modest means. That is precisely what a similar program in Portland, Oregon produced. Portland went from being one of the nation's most affordable cities to one of the five or six least affordable.
Sprawl Guide Home Page
Planners Web presents information and links dealing with urban sprawl and its consequences, including the loss of green space and the decay of older urban centers.
http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/sprawlguide.html

Extractions: A number of the reports linked to in this Guide are in "pdf" format. Use this button if you need the free pdf file reader. Problems with Sprawl Roots of Sprawl Solutions Places Resources and Links Related PCJ Articles Reports on Sprawl Books on Sprawl Topics PlannersWeb Home Page Select from the dropdown menu Our online Sprawl Guide is designed to familiarize you with key issues associated with sprawl, and direct you to some of the wealth of information available on the Web. Visit the sections of the Sprawl Guide listed on your left you'll find there's much to see.
C.A.U.S.E.
Citizens against urban sprawl expressways. A call to stop I73.
http://www.stopi73.com/index.html
The Funders' Network - Homepage
A resource for foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other partners working to solve the problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment.
http://www.fundersnetwork.org/

Extractions: Welcome to the website of the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. We are pleased to provide this resource to assist funders and organizations interested in advancing smart growth. Members of the Network, please log in to our dynamic Extranet, SmartFunders@Work. SAVE-THE-DATE for the following events! This monograph, sponsored by the Funders' Network and distributed by the Alliance for Regional Stewardship (ARS), was released at an ARS meeting in November 2003. The Network commissioned John Parr of ARS and Nick Bollman of the California Center for Regional Leadership to conduct research to identify the characteristics associated with "metropolitan regional grantmaking." The monograph includes details regarding these characteristics and 17 case studies of foundations that reflect these characteristics in varying ways.

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