Concept information
Preferred term
urban sprawl
Definition(s)
- Urban sprawl, perhaps more accurately suburban sprawl, is the term for rapidly growing residential and commercial land development across a previously rural landscape. Commentators vary in more precise definitions, but there is general consensus that sprawl is typically characterized by the following attributes: relatively low densities of buildings and population, compared to traditional cities; segregation of land uses into tracts of homes, shops, and workplaces, which are separated from each other, sometimes by great distances; a network of roads with relatively large blocks and limited access, compared to traditional cities; and a lack of well-defined centers, such as downtowns. [Source: Encyclopedia of American Urban History; Urban Sprawl]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RVK4TH2D-K
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