Utah's Sprawling Exurbs
29 June 2001 - 11:00am
Utah's high-income 'exurbs' are growing twice as fast as Utah's population.
"In the next 50 years, Utah will develop ranchettes, or homes on 10 to 40 acres, at a rate faster than any other state in the West, according to a new study.The Western Futures project, a study by the University of Colorado's Center of the AmericanWest, said that sprawl in 11 Western states will take place mostly in suburbs and rural areas."
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Study: Sprawl in Utah's future
Source:
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, June 28, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.
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