SUBURBAN SPRAWL COSTS US ALL IN THE MIDWEST

This newsletter focuses on suburban sprawl, and the threat it poses to families, communities, and quality of life. The Table of Contents lists the following articles: Summary - Suburban Sprawl Costs Us All in the Midwest; State Updates: Illinois - Big Shoulders, Big Sprawl; Minnesota - North Star State Leads Way to Sprawl Control; North Dakota - Sprawl Increases Red River Rampage; Indiana - Sprawl Gobbles Up Hoosier State; Ohio - Buckeye State Talks of Protecting Farms; Kentucky - Bluegrass Gives Way to Brown Floodwater; Iowa - Sprawl Down on the Farm; Missouri - Show Me the Sprawl Control; Michigan - Sprawl a Big Mistake in this Great Lakes State; Wisconsin - Will Sprawl Take the Dairy Out of the Dairy State; Steps to Stop Suburban Sprawl; and Think Globally but Fight Sprawl Locally.

• Corporate Authors:

  Sierra Club

  Midwest Office, 214 North Henry Street
  Madison, WI  United States  53703
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Farming; Floods; Land use; Suburbs; Urban growth; Zoning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Growth management
• Geographic Terms: Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; North Dakota; Wisconsin
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00761192
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1999 12:00AM