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Urban sprawl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stopping Suburban Sprawl; ... Suburbanization drains the vitality of older neighborhoods and creates endless urbanized regions that are dependent on the private automobile. This page lists groups working to stop sprawl. ... Sierra Club Stop Sprawl Campaign: The Sierra Club, America's largest environmental group,
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; New Research on Population, Suburban Sprawl and Smart Growth ... Suburban sprawl -- defined as irresponsible, often poorly-planned development that destroys green space, increases traffic and air pollution, crowds schools and drives up taxes -- is a major concern for Americans across the country.
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How Your Taxes Fuel Suburban Sprawl; Report Spring 2000 ... Suburban sprawl has been rightly blamed for many things: destroying green space, increasing air and water pollution, fracturing our neighborhoods and forcing us to drive gridlocked roads for every chore. But there is one consequence that usually goes...
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Suburban sprawl is the development of land into sparse one family housing developments, significantly reducing open space and the natural aesthetics of the land while creating a society dependent upon cars for transportation.
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That's the finding of a new report released today by the Sightline Institute (formerly Northwest Environment Watch) on sprawl and health in the Pacific Northwest.
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Suburban sprawl has increased the risks of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, traffic accidents and obesity, experts say. The elderly and children are the most vulnerable, health-care professionals said at a daylong environmental health workshop Tuesday at the University of Cincinnati's Kettering Laboratory.
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What ought to stop this search-engine sprawl: Googlers' own consciences, if they are still guided by the "Don't be evil" slogan. Developing new offices on the very fringe of Bay Area's suburbs, on areas that used to be wetlands, or neighbor the fragile ecosystems, is unconscionable.
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