National Context.
Nationally.
Urban sprawl is a term used by land developers, planners and governmental institutions, that critically describes a pattern of low-density, often unsightly, automobile dependent development.
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Researchers calculated the sprawl index score of different metropolitan cities in the United States. The higher the sprawl index score, the more dense the city is, resulting in a “better lifestyle”.
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The results were were ranked from one, being the most dense to ten being the least. The Top 10 Most Dense Cities Are: (In parenthesis are the sprawl index score)
1. New York City, NY-NJ (203.4), 2. San Francisco, CA (194.3), 3. Atlantic City, NJ (150.4), 4. Santa Barbara/Santa Maria, CA (146.6), 5. Champaign, IL (145.2), 6. Santa Cruz, CA (145.0), 7. Trenton, NJ (144.7), 8. Miami, FL (144.1), 9. Springfield, IL (142.2), 10. Santa Ana/Anaheim, CA (139.9). |