Cause and Effect - Suburban Sprawl

[bbqboy]

You can also find some extremely stupid and crazy stuff on the internet.  Never underestimate the value of peer review.

Well, he said the good stuff, not the right stuff. 

[FangKC]

A lot of experts cite the creation of the Interstate Highway System as also contributing to the hastening of urban sprawl.  But it all really started with the automobile.  Even the streetcars contributed to some degree before the automobile had widespread ownership.

Many streetcar lines were constructed by real estate developers who wanted to bring people to their cheap land on the edge of the city.

[dangerboy]

What the hell is a scholarly journal? Is that one of those things that would require a trip to the library? I would have to walk around and look through outdated stacks of crappy books? The good stuff is on the internet. I try to work smarter, not harder.
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Academic journals have been online for years.  There is no need to wander the stacks.

[Maitre D]

No, I think you missed the point. Sprawl is the cause in this analysis, so effect is increased gas consumption, obesity, diminished air quality, increased run-off pollution, increased consumption, etc.

I assume this was a joke?

[jaysonv]

For social implications, check out Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam.  It's kinda thick but only some of it is applicable and it also has a ton of references. 

[aknowledgeableperson]

  Crime leads to sprawl sure,


HUH????????????????????????????????????

Since when??????????????????????

Guess the Mafia started out in the rural areas of Long Island, and so on.  Now, if you mean getting away from crime then yes.  But you never actually get away from it, just lessen your chances of being exposed to it.

[ShowMeKC]

Crime leads to sprawl (spreading out) and Sprawl causes crime (the more you spread out, the worse the center gets)