Sprawl Hits The Wall In Los Angeles

A new study reports that the Los Angeles region is at a crisis point.

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March 8, 2001, 6:00 AM PST

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

This report, by the Southern California Studies Center at USC and the Brookings Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, shows that the Los Angeles region is at a crisis point. There is limited additional land on which to grow, and there are few additional resources left to consume, which means that the region can no longer run away from its problems: a distressed regional core, a severely taxed environment, and a fractured governance structure. The report argues that the Los Angeles region should, and can, grow differently. [Complete report available in PDF format.]

Thanks to Kurt Sommer

Read the full story: Sprawl Hits the Wall: Confronting the Realities of Metropolitan Los Angeles

Wednesday, March 7, 2001 in The Brookings Institution

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