EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Urban sprawl in the United States has its origins in the flight to the suburbs that began in the 1950s. People wanted to live outside of city centers to avoid traffic, noise, crime, and other problems, and to have homes with more square footage and yard space.

Detailed explanation-2: -New Urbanism is a planning approach that emerged as an alternative to the urban sprawl patterns that became typical of post-World War II development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sprawl development consists of three basic spatial forms: low-density (radial) sprawl, ribbon and leapfrog development (Barnes et al., 2001). Radial sprawl is the consumptive use of land for urban purposes along the margins of existing metropolitan areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -1) Low-density, single family dwellings. 2) Automobile dependency even for short trip. 3) Spiraling growth outward from existing urban centers. 4) Leapfrogging patterns of development. 5) Strip Development. 6) Undefined edge between urban and rural areas.