print email comment close Sprawl City URL: http://www.sprawlcity.org/ Description: "A website about consumption growth and population growth and their roles in the urban sprawl that destroys natural habitat and farmland around U.S. cities." Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Census and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and based on the work of environmentalists Leon Kolankiewicz and Roy Beck, this site presents studies of selected areas as well as charts, graphs, and definitions. Author: Kolankiewicz, Leon; Beck, Roy Publisher: www.sprawlcity.org Extra Keywords suburbs rural land Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cities and towns -- Environmental aspects Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth Land use -- Planning Urban policy LII Database Information: Record 1137 created by on 06/10/2003 Last modification on 01/24/2006 Published: 06/10/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1137