CITB08H3 Chapter Week 11: BRUECKNER (w11)
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Urban sprawl has been a big issue over the last couple of years. Cities are claimed to take too much space and encroach on agriculture land open space aesthetic benefits are gone and farmland is being depleted. Suburban growth is thought to reduce the incentive for land redevelopment closer to city centres = dt decay. Suburban = spread out = less people interaction = weaken societal bonds. Sprawl means diff things to diff. people. Sprawl in the reading: excessive spatial growth of cities public policies should be altered to restrict the spatial expansion of cities. Consumption of living space at affordable prices are the key points of policy measures. Restrict urban space = limit supply for residential development = land prices increase. = consumers reduce housing space = smaller housing thus: attack on urban sprawl = denser cities w/ smaller dwellings.
