An international lens on sprawl

An international lens on sprawl

As cities around the world are enveloped in sprawl, its health and sustainability problems are going global. “One study by the Denver Regional Council of Governments found that conventional suburban development would cost local governments $4.3 billion more in infrastructure costs than compact, ‘smart growth’ through 2020, only counting capital construction costs for sewer, water, and road infrastructure. Congess for New Urbanism, Nov. 13