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This 10 page research paper examines the issue of urban sprawl in America from a conservative perspective. Specifically discussed are the effects of urban sprawl on regional settings, goals and objectives established for prevention, policy options for the U.S. as a whole and applications of policy options to Phoenix, AZ. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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File: D0_Urbspral.doc
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Today, cities have become more unpopular than ever... The typical problems and inconveniences of the city, whether environmental or social in nature, are typically regarded as the results of congestion.
In fact, the opposite is closer to the truth: for the most part, the things people tend to dislike about the city are the products of dispersion, of what
is generally known as sprawl" (Hartshorn, 1980). The Industrial Revolution introduced America not only to progress but also to the concept of urbanization. People had to move to where
the jobs were, and this concentration of population resulted in the emergence of big cities. Soon, the population became so intensified; the urban boundaries were stretched to the limit,
penetrating the rural areas lying on the outskirts. Now, there were no longer just big cities, there were also suburbs that soon became sizable cities in their own right.
Land use was not a consideration during early American urbanization, and as a result, every square mile a developer could get his hands on was exploited in the name
of progress. Soon, urban sprawl and its consequences became synonymous with the increasingly overcrowded American landscape. After World War II, urban changes began to develop in the
form of low-density housing settlements (Atkinson and Oleson, 1996). The accessibility of the automobile has been attributed to this population transformation. People could easily drive to downtown to
make purchases, and cities were eager to cash in by forcing people to pay for parking facilities. As more and more cars began making their way downtown, the cities
became increasingly congested. To remedy this situation, offices and outlets began appearing on the periphery of large cities, causing a shift in population (Atkinson and Oleson, 1996). Jobs
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