Suburban sprawl is like pornography: we know it when we see it, and it’s everywhere. There’s no single definition, or more accurately, there are many. Perusing the quite thorough Wikipedia page for ...

Editor's note: This is the last in a three-part series on Northwest Arkansas' attempts to avoid urban sprawl. The Northwest Arkansas Council predicts 1 million people will live in Washington, Benton ...

The events of the past few weeks in the D.C.-Richmond corridor were tragic. Yet, however despicable, what the sniper did was not unusual. Besides having the most murders, rapes, and assaults per ...

Suburban sprawl can be ugly on the ground, but aerial photographs demonstrate its beauty, and why it’s inherently unsustainable. The series of photographs aims to “make sprawl a very aesthetic ...

Last week, Citified settled the debate over gentrification once and for all (just kidding ). So now we’re on to the next most-loaded, maligned buzzword in urban studies: sprawl. Much like ...

Visit Maine and you're sure to hear the popular phrase "Can't get there from here," in a distinctive local accent. Suburban and rural development, however, brings new roadways and makes it easier for ...

A new report from Smart Growth America and the Surface Transportation Policy Project, Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl, links growing obesity concerns with sprawl. The report's findings, however ...