One in 8 Californians now live in places at risk for the kinds of devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles this ...
The scene in the Los Angeles area over the last week has ... it and many others like it are also part of a trend in which urban and suburban sprawl has crept into previously wild areas.
The key here is not urban form or ethnic succession ... One crucial difference between Los Angeles’s sprawl and the even wider sprawl around New York lies in the relative irrelevance of downtown, ...
LOS ANGELES— The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved ... “Southern California is starting to shed its sprawl reputation and embrace smarter land-use decisions,” said Reid-Wainscoat. “I ...
Can a city with a history of pollution and urban sprawl become a model of sustainability? Los Angeles is trying to prove it can. This video dives into the details of LA’s Sustainable City Plan ...
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Race has been identified as another socioeconomic indicator of urban and suburban sprawl. Racial strife in the centers of cities such as Los Angeles and Detroit led to an out-migration of middle ...
LOS ANGELES— As California lawmakers consider a bill that would limit sprawl development in blaze-prone areas, a new report highlights how rampant construction in high fire-risk wildlands is putting ...
Journal of Urban and Environmental Engin ... New York – NY: North Point Press. Ewing, R. (1997) Is Los Angeles–style sprawl desirable? J. Am. Plan. Assoc. 63(1), 107–125. doi: ...