IS SPRAWL A MYTH?

Steven Hayward of the Pacific Research Institute recently testified before Congress in an attempt to debunk several myths about sprawl in America. The total amount of urbanized or built-up land is less than 5% of the total land area in the continental United States, and the rate of land being developed is approximately 0.07% per year. Some evidence suggests that the rate of sprawl is actually lower today than it was in the 1950s and 1960s.

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• Publication Date: 2000-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 17
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering News
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Civil Engineering News, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1051-9629

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congressional hearings; Urban development; Urban growth; Urban sprawl; Zoning
• Identifier Terms: United States Congress
• Uncontrolled Terms: Growth management
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783677
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 7 2000 12:00AM