Some 23,700 houses are to be built on the fringe of Adelaide. SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has even said urban sprawl “is not a dirty word”.

Urban sprawl is not just unsightly. It could also be impeding intergenerational mobility for low-income residents and reinforcing racial inequality, according to a series of recent studies led by ...

Many growing cities have transitioned from expanding outwards to stretching upwards (see chart 1). In the 1990s some 80% of urban areas that were growing quickly were doing so mostly by spreading ...

Every year in the U.S., urban sprawl eats up one million acres of farmland. Now, finally, some developers are finding that the future doesn't always have to be built on new ground.

The county should limit urban sprawl and provide incentives to create more multifamily and high-density housing opportunities. What good is a law if you don’t follow it?

Urban sprawl is not just unsightly. It could also be impeding intergenerational mobility for low-income residents and reinforcing racial inequality, according to a series of recent studies led by ...