Tom Hanson is a national investigative correspondent for CBS News and Stations. His in-depth reports air across all platforms and programs. He is a member of CBS News and Stations Medical, Health, and ...

American cities are in a crisis of growth. Some don’t have enough of it — places like San Francisco and Chicago desperately need investment and tax dollars to keep from spiraling into decline. Others, ...

URBANA, ILL - Urban sprawl will consume by the year 2025 about 5.8 million acres of coastal land that today is either agricultural land or open space according to an Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant ...

Urban sprawl has been anathema to California housing planners for the last 10 years or so. As they passed law after law eliminating zoning for single-family residences and emphasizing high rise ...

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 a ...

(NEXSTAR) – Does it feel like a totally different climate when you go across town? It may be the urban heat island effect. Climate Central, an organization of scientists and journalists focused on ...

The rural character of Clark County is under assault by developers. I conduct raptor surveys annually in Clark County and notice large areas of land being converted from farmland and forest to ...

Editor’s note: This story is first in a four-part series exploring the challenges and possible solutions for providing affordable housing in the region’s larger cities. People in Northwest Arkansas' ...

Local streets of the world’s cities are becoming less connected, part of a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging the use of public transportation. “Sprawl is an environmental ...

The world’s cities are growing fast. Half the human race already lives in urban areas, and another 2.5 billion people could join them by 2050, the United Nations forecasts. While urban growth is ...