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Well, one may be against sprawl, but the point is that you can't really stop people from doing what they want to do. You can bend behaviour with the odd law bu
by bradtem 17y ago
Well, one may be against sprawl, but the point is that you can't really stop people from doing what they want to do. You can bend behaviour with the odd law but not that much. Governments have tried to stop sprawl in tons of ways but they don't have much success. However, we can try to examine where it's going and plan what can be done within the context of what's possible to do
- aphyr 17y agoIt may not be possible to stop people from doing what they want, but what they want can certainly be influenced by city planning. Fly over Portland, OR and compare to Minneapolis; the difference in layout is staggering. Even when you include population and geography--the urban growth boundary has a significant effect.