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JOURNAL OF PLANNING LITERATURE
Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 413-432Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0885412215595439
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community development; growth management; health; land use; neighborhood planning; quality of life; sustainability; transportation; urban form
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In 1997, the Journal of the American Planning Association published a pair of point-counterpoint articles now listed by the American Planning Association as classics in the urban planning literature. In the first article, Are Compact Cities Desirable? Gordon and Richardson argued in favor of urban sprawl as a benign response to consumer preferences. In the counterpoint article, Is Los Angeles-Style Sprawl Desirable? Ewing argued for compact cities as an alternative to sprawl. It is time to reprise the debate. This article summarizes the literature on urban sprawl characteristics and measurements, causes, impacts, and remedies since the original debate.
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