D-Bone
May 12th '06, 01:06 PM
An unprecedented survey of urban sprawl in the continental United States is challenging conventional notions about development.
The research, published in the May issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, offers a detailed view of how land use varies across the country and, for the first time, explains what may be causing the variation.
"There was a lot of talk about urban sprawl and there were no facts. We put this data set together so that we could get some facts," said Matthew Turner, associate professor of economics at the University of Toronto.
Read More: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060508/urbansprawl_tec.html
The research, published in the May issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, offers a detailed view of how land use varies across the country and, for the first time, explains what may be causing the variation.
"There was a lot of talk about urban sprawl and there were no facts. We put this data set together so that we could get some facts," said Matthew Turner, associate professor of economics at the University of Toronto.
Read More: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060508/urbansprawl_tec.html