What is Sprawl

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The unplanned and unrestricted growth in urban and peri-urban areas characterized by low-density housing, single LU based zoning, and dependence on private vehicles. Learn more in: Geospatial Technology in Urban Sprawl Assessment: A Review

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Development on Greenfield land outside of city bounds that far exceeds the needs of demographic growth. It is usually characterized by low-density, mono-functionality, automobile dependence and lack of organized centers. Learn more in: Restructuring Centers of Former Rural Settlements and Weekend-Residence Zones: Shaping Post-Socialist Suburbia in Niš, Serbia

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A low-density land use pattern that is automobile dependent, energy and land consumptive, and requires a very high ratio of road surface to development served (Michigan Society of Planning, Patterns on the Land, Trends Future Project, final report, 1995). Learn more in: Place Making Through Participatory Planning