Their July 2021 survey, conducted during the coronavirus pandemic, showed an increased preference for suburban sprawl, but otherwise the responses have remained largely unchanged.

The sprawl surrounding urban cores, the researchers found, is responsible for a full 50 percent of the country's household emissions -- while containing far fewer than 50 percent of the population.

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 ...

Zoomed out, car-oriented cities all look about the same on the map: dense downtowns surrounded by sprawl with arterial ...

THE GOVERNOR SPENT a chunk of his State of the State address on his “smart growth” plan to discourage further suburban sprawl.He lamented the loss of forest and farmland for homes and highways ...

Suburban sprawl, also called urban sprawl, is the spread of urbanized areas into the rural landscape. It can be recognized by low-density single-family homes and new road networks spreading into ...

First Northland, then the Pontiac Silverdome. Two icons of Detroit’s late 20th century suburban sprawl now face the wrecking ball. That a major suburban mall and a huge domed stadium could fall ...

How public transportation can adapt to suburban sprawl. The city-suburb divide has grown less stark in Atlanta, which means it will need a less centralized mass transit system.

The word has become an epithet for garish, reckless growth — but to fix the housing crisis, the country needs more of it.

Neighborhoods tucked into the foothills of Los Angeles are now more vulnerable to fires as rainy seasons become more intense and dry seasons last longer.