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The Height Of Foolishness: Sprawl Without Growth

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Keith Schneider
16 May 2005 - 8:00am

Detroit region, unlike others, in grip of no-win development strategy

Detroit is a great big billboard for what happens when a state and its largest metropolitan region depend on sprawl as the engine of economic development. When it comes to ranking the best places in America for business and careers, Forbes Magazine reported earlier this month that just seven other metropolitan regions were doing worse in attracting new jobs. Two of those, by the way, also were in Michigan. Fortunately for the rest of the country, and unfortunately for Detroit and Michigan, other states have gotten the message.

Full Story: The Height of Foolishness: Sprawl Without Growth
Source: Michigan Land Use Institute, May 12, 2005
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All of that only scratches the surface of what's wrong with this study. The idea that complex urban development patterns and human behavior can be meaningfully studied according to one primary criteria — density — is wrong from the start.
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