Published on Jun 19, 2017
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Urban sprawl — we’ve all seen it — the strip malls, residential subdivisions, clogged streets. But which U.S metro area sprawls the most? Is it Los Angeles, a city built around the car? Or is it another sunbelt city like Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Antonio, or Atlanta?
Resources on this topic:
Ewing, R., Pendall, R., & Chen, D. (2003). Measuring Sprawl and Its Transportation Impacts. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1831, 175–183. https://doi.org/10.3141/1831-20
Sutton, P. C. (2003). A scale-adjusted measure of Urban sprawl using nighttime satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 86(3), 353–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-4257(03...
New York Times: "Seattle Climbs but Austin Sprawls: The Myth of the Return to Cities" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/up...
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- Google Earth
- Flickr user Daniel Ramirez
- Flickr user
Social media:
Website/Tumblr: http://citybeautiful.city
Instagram: citybeautifulcity
Resources on this topic:
Ewing, R., Pendall, R., & Chen, D. (2003). Measuring Sprawl and Its Transportation Impacts. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1831, 175–183. https://doi.org/10.3141/1831-20
Sutton, P. C. (2003). A scale-adjusted measure of Urban sprawl using nighttime satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 86(3), 353–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-4257(03...
New York Times: "Seattle Climbs but Austin Sprawls: The Myth of the Return to Cities" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/up...
Media sources:
- Google Earth
- Flickr user Daniel Ramirez
- Flickr user
Social media:
Website/Tumblr: http://citybeautiful.city
Instagram: citybeautifulcity
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