A Sprawl Primer
For those of you who love your HumVee and .75 acres of suburban "life", please read this Primer on Sprawl. Maybe you will start to realize that your living habits have more consequences than just a long commute, soccer games, and the country club. Happy polluting!
SUSTAINABILITY: AN INTRODUCTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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Dispersed development patterns and dependence on the auto reinforced each other for decades. By the 1990s, as a result of these patterns, about 50 percent of the land in the average U.S. city was devoted to cars (WRI 1993). Lower urban population densities result in increased auto use, fuel consumption, and air pollution. With more space and time given over to the use of cars, there are fewer places and possibilities for people to interact as a human community.
Dispersed development patterns and dependence on the auto reinforced each other for decades. By the 1990s, as a result of these patterns, about 50 percent of the land in the average U.S. city was devoted to cars (WRI 1993). Lower urban population densities result in increased auto use, fuel consumption, and air pollution. With more space and time given over to the use of cars, there are fewer places and possibilities for people to interact as a human community.
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mikey3times says:
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New-Home Buyers, Bigger Proves Better As Amenities Are Sacrificed for More Room
-- but the suburbs are more peaceful...no traffic, no school shootings, no
drugs, no violence, and no pollution. end sarcasm.
Posted by: mikey3times at August 20, 2002 12:46 PM #
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