Cities need clear limits and targets on urban sprawl to understand whether planning tools like greenbelts and denser development are working, according to new Concordia research. Applying such metrics ...

Robert Harding Pittman, “Dubai, UAE” (2009) (all photos courtesy the artist and Spot Photo Works) LOS ANGELES — The list of ways the US has negatively influenced the rest of the world is long and ...

Former Las Vegas Councilman Cedric Crear moderated a housing panel with Mesquite Mayor Jesse Whipple, Henderson Mayor Michelle Romero, Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley, Clark County Commissioner ...

Urban sprawl is not just unsightly. It could also be impeding intergenerational mobility for low-income residents and reinforcing racial inequality, according to a series of recent studies led by a ...

Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part series on Northwest Arkansas' attempts to avoid urban sprawl. Northwest Arkansas' elected officials, developers and business leaders have tried to ...

Editor's note: This is the last in a three-part series on Northwest Arkansas' attempts to avoid urban sprawl. The Northwest Arkansas Council predicts 1 million people will live in Washington, Benton ...

A new study analyzing more than 100 cities across Asia, Africa, and Latin America has quantified the stark consequences of urban sprawl on water and sanitation access, finding that how cities grow ...

A new study maps temperature differences from neighborhood to neighborhood in 65 cities. A new study maps temperature differences from neighborhood to neighborhood in 65 cities. is a senior science ...

Cities are expanding all over the world, but the mechanisms governing this growth remain poorly understood. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, Marc Barthelemy, from the Institute of ...

In this article, we will be taking a look at the 20 most sprawling cities in the US. You can also skip our detailed analysis on impact of urban sprawl in the US and directly head to the 5 Most ...