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Urban sprawl
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3 Proven Urban Designing Principles That Enhance Road Safety
Today, 55% of the population worldwide lives in cities. According to The World Bank, the number will double by…
Ethiopia’s Radical Redesign For Relentless Urban Growth
As Addis Ababa creaks under the weight of a mushrooming populace, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest housing project is under…
Not All Ills Of Urban Consolidation Is As Ugly As Media Reports
Neighbourhoods as “battlefields”, “sardine city”, traditional suburbs as “threatened species” and urban hubs as the domain of “latte-sipping…
Why The True Cost Of Suburban Sprawl Will Surprise You, Or Not
Two new studies demonstrate the true costs of sprawl, and attempt to show that if new development was…
The Cost Of Bad Urban Design : $1 Trillion A Year
Exactly how much does America’s sprawl cost every year? Somewhere in the range of a trillion dollars, according…
Quality Of Life Improves In Compact Cities
That urban design improves the quality of people’s lives is an old idea. A new study, Measuring Sprawl…