Sprawl

The replacement of retail establishments with restaurants in America’s urban centers has a demographic slant.
2 days ago   Architect Magazine
The Texas Transportation Institute just released its 2010 Urban Mobility Report, which is a standard reference in the road-building industry -- and is seriously flawed, says Joe Cortright.
Jan 20, 2011   CEOs For Cities
Sprawl is seen as an unfortunate reality in Toronto, and one that some fear it's too late to unwrite.
Jan 18, 2011   The Toronto Star
Devastating floods have inundated Brisbane, Australia. Some say the city's sprawling development pattern fueled the destruction.
Jan 14, 2011   Grist
The approval of a massive shopping center in Fresno, California, highlights the city's inability to move beyond its sprawl-centric tendencies, according to this piece from <em>The Fresno Bee</em>.
Dec 22, 2010   The Fresno Bee
Grist talks with Galina Tachieva, author of Sprawl Repair Manual.
Dec 16, 2010   Grist
One accurate measurement can be more insightful than a thousand expert opinions. Opinion
Dec 9, 2010   By Todd Litman
In this opinion piece from <em>The Huffington Post</em>, Alex Becker argues that retrofitting suburban landscapes with denser development trumps all other sustainability agendas as the single most important path to a more sustainable future.
Dec 7, 2010   The Huffington Post
Officials and thinkers from all over came together to brainstorm with Montrealers on how to go about reigning in decades of sprawl. A new Quebec law requires the city to come up with a land use plan by next year.
Dec 7, 2010   The Montreal Gazette
A new group of activists in Los Angeles is warning that recently approved changes to the city's planning code could make it easier for transit-related projects to be approved even if they are not in alignment with neighborhood planning documents.
Nov 15, 2010   Streetsblog L.A.
Aerial photographs by photographer Christoph Gielen turn sprawl into beautiful, abstracted images.
Nov 9, 2010   CNN