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Michael Lewyn

Two kinds of sprawl

5 May 2008 - 8:33am
Once every few semesters, I teach a seminar on "Sprawl and the Law." On the first day of the seminar, I ask students what "sprawl" is. After getting a variety of answers, I reveal the truth: most definitions of sprawl involve one of two separate definitions:

"Where we grow"- Sprawl as movement from the core to the fringe of a region.

"How we grow"- Sprawl as development oriented towards drivers as opposed to nondrivers.

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Infill Projects Set To Connect Cities, Transform Region

22 April 2008 - 5:00am
Charleston Business Journal

Urban infill developments are slated to transform the vast industrial land between Charleston and North Charleston, South Carolina, known as "the Neck" area, into live-work communities that stitch the two cities together.

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Retail Space A Challenge For Many New Mixed-Use Developments

13 April 2008 - 11:00am
Dallas Morning News

Mixed-use projects are all the rage, but often times, the ground floor retail storefronts remain empty long after residents have moved in.

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Mike Lydon

Dublin Disappearing?

9 March 2008 - 11:26am


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anne Street, Dublin City Center: A mixture of uses prevail
in this pedestrian friendly, human-scaled street.

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