Who Sprawls The Most?

Contrary to conventional wisdom, cities in the East are sprawling faster then their West coast counterparts.

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July 12, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

Most metropolitan areas are consuming land for urbanization much more rapidly than they are adding population. In that sense, most U.S. metro areas are "sprawling" more rapidly today than they have in the past. However, in many ways, the conventional wisdom about metropolitan densities and sprawl in the United States is inaccurate. William Fulton explores the issue in a special PLANetizen editorial which coincides with the release of the report, Who Sprawls Most? How Growth Patterns Differ Across the U.S., prepared for the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy.

Thanks to Chris Steins

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Thursday, July 12, 2001 in Planetizen

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