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A higher percentage of the global population lives in urban areas than pretty much any time before. Population growth isn't causing sprawl.
by maxerickson 3y ago
A higher percentage of the global population lives in urban areas than pretty much any time before. Population growth isn't causing sprawl.
- midoridensha 3y agoIt is in the US, where the "urban" label is applied to suburban and exurban places.
- maxerickson 3y agoIt's not really population pressure causing that though, at least not exclusively. It's a relatively small number of people that think they want a particular sort of lifestyle. Net migration patterns more or less have people moving out of low population counties and into high population counties.