From: | "cpeo@cpeo.org" <cpeo@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:09:57 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | 30 Most Sprawl Threatened Cities |
Sierra Club's Sprawl Map: A Clickable Map Of 30 Most Threatened Cities. Twenty Most Sprawl - Threatened Large Cities with a population: 1 Million or More Five Most Sprawl - Threatened Medium Cities with a population: 500,000 - 1 Million Five Most Sprawl - Threatened Small Cities with a population: 200,000 - 500,00 How were the cities ranked? Cities were ranked by a committee of Sierra Club suburban-sprawl experts. Selection criteria included trends in population and land-area growth for the urbanized areas, as well as traffic congestion and open-space loss indicators. Sources include the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Highway Administration, the Texas Transportation Institute and the American Farmland Trust. Other criteria, such as loss of important habitat and historical importance, were also taken into account. The committee ranked cities in three individual size categories: major metropolitan areas with populations over one million, metropolitan areas with populations between 500,000 and one million, and metropolitan areas with populations from 200,000 to 500,000. The urban-area populations were determined by 1990 Urbanized Area data compiled by U.S. Census Bureau. This report ranks cities using criteria weighted to measure recent change in urban core population compared to surrounding suburban population. Some sprawling cities, especially in the West, don't show up in the rankings because there is little contrast between the old urban core and newer suburban sprawl. These cities - like Spokane, Wash.; Boise, Idaho; and many California cities - developed in the era of sprawl, and never grew densely populated urban cores. They grew up sprawled. Click here for the map and more information http://www.sierraclub.org/transportation/sprawl/Sprawl_report/map.html | |
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