The environmental impacts of sprawling development have been well documented; but few comprehensive studies have examined its economic costs. In 1996; a team of experts undertook a multi-year study designed to provide quantitative measures of the costs and benefits of different forms of growth. Sprawl Costs presents a concise and readable summary of the results of that study.The authors analyze the extent of sprawl; define an alternative; more compact form of growth; project the magnitude and location of future growth; and compare what the total costs of those two forms of growth would be if each was applied throughout the nation. They analyze the likely effects of continued sprawl; consider policy options; and discuss examples of how more compact growth would compare with sprawl in particular regions. Finally; they evaluate whether compact growth is likely to produce the benefits claimed by its advocates.The book represents a comprehensive and objective analysis of the costs and benefits of different approaches to growth; and gives decision-makers and others concerned with planning and land use realistic and useful data on the implications of various options and policies.
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