Article: Commuting time change as an indicator of urban sprawl: selected MSAs in Alabama 1980-2000.(Geography, Forestry, Conservation, and Planning)(Brief Article)

Article: URBAN SPRAWL JUST ANOTHER CONTRIVED CRISIS.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  June 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... supposed to set off a political stampede is ``urban sprawl.'' But, before we go thundering off in all directions, just what is this urban sprawl? How can you tell whether there is urban sprawl where you live? If someone says there is and ...

Article: SOAR IS AREA'S BEST DEFENSE AGAINST RAMPANT URBAN ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  October 12, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... SOAR is the only effective way to stop urban sprawl and prevent Ventura County from becoming ... reasonable and effective methods to stop urban sprawl. Why do voters need the power to stop ... process is not stopping Los Angeles urban sprawl from relentlessly marching across Ventura ...

Article: `Urban sprawl' is not a four-letter word
Columbia Daily Tribune;  January 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ..."Urban sprawl," according to the Merriam Webster ... According to the definition above, "urban sprawl" encompasses all development outside ... involved in a specific project. In fact, urban sprawl is necessary to provide choice to Columbia ...

Article: Urban sprawl knocking at region's doors
Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Urban sprawl in northern New Jersey the past ten ... Dave Chant Realtors. The spread of urban sprawl is moving west from New Jersey along ... shrinking real estate. Orange County urban sprawl in southern New York is also forcing ...

Article: Urban Sprawl Expert, Metro Detroit Leaders Discuss ...
PR Newswire;  June 17, 1999 ;     608 words ... ... Minnesota State Representative and urban sprawl expert Myron Orfield, several Metro ... formed to discuss the consequences of urban sprawl in Metro Detroit gathered Thursday in ... Orfield to launch an in-depth study of urban sprawl's causes and effects for Metro Detroit ...

Article: URBAN SPRAWL OPEN-SPACE FIX.(LOCAL)(Editorial)
The Virginian Pilot;  January 13, 1999 ;     590 words ...Slowing urban sprawl has bobbed to the top of the national ... infrastructure. The damaging consequences of urban sprawl trouble Virginians. The results of ... indicated that most Virginia adults blame urban sprawl for congested roads and nearly 50 ...

Article: The Economics of Urban Sprawl: Inefficiency as a ...
Journal of Economic Issues;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Bradley 1999). This paper is a study of urban sprawl in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Like ... rest of unincorporated Shelby County. Urban sprawl already affects two of the other four ... new economic and social burdens that urban sprawl creates are not immediately apparent ...