EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -urban sprawl, also called sprawl or suburban sprawl, the rapid expansion of the geographic extent of cities and towns, often characterized by low-density residential housing, single-use zoning, and increased reliance on the private automobile for transportation.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abstract. Urban Sprawl is generally characterized by discontinuous, haphazard, uncoordinated, unplanned or poorly planned urban development. It is characterized by low density, excessive consumption of land, automobile dependence, separation of land-uses, social segregation and displeasing aesthetics.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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.