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A 'Wall Against Sprawl'

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
24 October 2004 - 5:00am

Growth-management laws show results in King County, WA.

"A decade after statewide growth-management laws were passed, King County has made progress in channeling development into urban areas and preserving rural countryside, according to an annual report detailing growth trends.

But the picture on other benchmarks set 10 years ago -- reducing poverty, raising educational levels, fixing transportation problems and providing affordable housing -- is more mixed, according to the report released this week."

Full Story: Report lauds King County's 'wall against sprawl' -- but not all is rosy
Source: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 23, 2004
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It has been estimated that half of all Americans, and two-thirds of urban Americans, live in suburbia. Here are the key questions: Does suburbia exist because it is the natural "culmination of urban development"?
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