Suburban sprawl is like pornography: we know it when we see it, and it’s everywhere. There’s no single definition, or more accurately, there are many. Perusing the quite thorough Wikipedia page for ...

The events of the past few weeks in the D.C.-Richmond corridor were tragic. Yet, however despicable, what the sniper did was not unusual. Besides having the most murders, rapes, and assaults per ...

Visit Maine and you're sure to hear the popular phrase "Can't get there from here," in a distinctive local accent. Suburban and rural development, however, brings new roadways and makes it easier for ...

Last week, Citified settled the debate over gentrification once and for all (just kidding ). So now we’re on to the next most-loaded, maligned buzzword in urban studies: sprawl. Much like ...

Suburban sprawl can be ugly on the ground, but aerial photographs demonstrate its beauty, and why it’s inherently unsustainable. The series of photographs aims to “make sprawl a very aesthetic ...

A new report from Smart Growth America and the Surface Transportation Policy Project, Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl, links growing obesity concerns with sprawl. The report's findings, however ...

That urban design improves the quality of people’s lives is an old idea. A new study, Measuring Sprawl 2014, now finds that people who live in densely populated regions benefit in many ways. In brief, ...

Editor's note: This is the last in a three-part series on Northwest Arkansas' attempts to avoid urban sprawl. The Northwest Arkansas Council predicts 1 million people will live in Washington, Benton ...

A joint town hall and community conversation united several Prince William civic and environmental groups at Sweeney Barn in ...