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The Automobile as a Cause of Urban Sprawl

do this more as homes and automobiles became less expensive (Cox, 2002). Early developments such as "Levittown," one of the first...

Factors Leading to Urban Sprawl

This 8 page paper discusses some of the factors that lead to urban sprawl. The writer argues that urban sprawl can have a negative...

Revision of Essay on 'Progress' and Environmental Destruction

for clean-up, the bottles and plates end up becoming trash, which ends up clogging landfills (and filling landfills) and ends up t...

The Role of Technology in Urban Sprawl

industries are all concentrated in a single area, and if this is the case then we need the housing to be accessible. The risks her...

Urban Planning & Participation by the Public

associated with collaboration. This paper will provide a brief overview of the process, in addition to identifying lessons and val...

Urban Planning, the Role of the Public

PG). Those buildings collectively comprise cities, in which increasing numbers of people live. By 2015, the United Nations (UN) ...

Aspects of Urban Concerns

This 5 page paper discusses matters of concern to urban planners and residents, including deconcentration, polarization and sprawl...

Urban Decline of Detroit

In seven pages the urban decline of Detroit and its reasons are explored along with the plunging nonautomotive industry and increa...

Article Analysis - Urban Sprawl

gridlocked roads for every chore," it also costs us a significant amount of money. They go on to say that we encourage sprawl whe...

Is Urban Sprawl Positive or Negative?

processes of sprawl significantly and negatively impact the environment (Cain, 2000). On the other hand, an extensive analysis p...

The Clash Between Historical Preservation and Urban Sprawl

and agencies to create the rebirth of Newports quality of life, says Laura Long, economic development director for the city of New...

Georgia and the Impact of Urban Sprawl

impact on the rivers and lakes in the region. It has affected its fluvial systems and while Georgia is trying to get a handle on t...

Urban Sprawl and the Threat to U.S. Cities

class is slowly disappearing from cities and going to the suburbs (1998). This trend is really nothing new but symptomatic of prob...

Minneapolis and Urban Sprawl

In ten pages this paper discusses the Minnesota region of St. Paul and Minneapolis in a consideration of urban sprawl and its rela...

Urban Sprawl as Demonstrated in Canada and the United States

other people. Most of them lived in the rural country. By 1800 only 3 percent of the entire population lived in cities. Times h...

Suburbs and Their Development

the country, the expanse of the suburban communities has resulted in concern both for the capacity to meet the needs of the suburb...

Urban Sprawl and Its Problems

form of low-density housing settlements (Atkinson and Oleson, 1996). The accessibility of the automobile has been attributed to t...

Urban Art as a Reflection of Urban Culture

This 5 page paper examines the concept of urban art. The writer argues that the term is ambiguous, but is usually understood to me...

Macomb County, Michigan - The Effects of Urban Sprawl

This 20 page paper considers some of the effects of urban sprawl on a Detroit suburban area. The writer considers the effect from ...

The Impact of Urban Sprawl on Wildlife

severe modifications must be made if there is to be an environment left for future wildlife generations. "Stories of environmenta...

The Results of Urban Sprawl on Metropolitan Detroit

large building lots, ensuring more sprawl. Many localities fiercely resist denser housing because it brings in more people but le...

Urban Sprawl: Impact On Air Quality And Waterway Pollution

area beaches - not the least of which include Pacific Palisades - have been left to fight for their health for far too long to be ...

Urban Poverty

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at causes of urban poverty. Material and cultural conditions are explored as causes. Pa...

Urban Outfitters

2008). Other stores opened in the interim, however. The company established its Free People wholesale division in 1984 and...

Politics of Development in 3 Cities

pivoting around issues concerning one Petersons key areas, that is, the politics of development. A principal point of DeLeons anal...

Herbert Gans/Urban Villagers

slum" and while its residents had their own problems, these difficulties did not evolve from living in this neighborhood (Gans xiv...

The Way in Which Technology and Telecommunications Have Transformed Urban Spaces

This 14 page paper discusses the way in which technology and telecommunications have transformed the urban environment, which is w...

Leisure and Work in 1900 to 1920 Urban US

This paper discusses early 20th century leisure and work as conceptualized in urban America in a consideration of Kathy Peiss' 'Le...

Homeless Population in San Diego, California

In five pages this paper discusses rural and urban homeless in San Diego and throughout the U.S. Four sources are cited in the bi...

Urban Planning

In five pages this paper considers holistic alternatives to urban planning with a diagram targeting the congestion of inner cities...