The 51 Species of Sprawl

A sprawl dictionary describes the many types of sprawl.

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June 18, 2004, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Conceived as a dictionary encompassing 51 species, from alligator to zoomburb (a city in the suburbs growing faster than a boomburb) the guide may well establish Ms. Hayden as the Roger Tory Peterson of sprawl."

Thanks to D. Gest

FULL STORY: Defining Sprawl: From A to Z

Thursday, June 17, 2004 in The New York Times

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