(LiveScience) Urban development is set to triple in the first three decades of this century, the largest cityscape expansion in human history, according to a new study that for the first time maps ...

These city maps show how much hotter it is from neighborhood to neighborhood Some neighborhoods were designed in a way that makes them more sweltering than others.

Explore the urban sprawl of Mega City. Neon grind rails twine around giant skyscrapers in this location, just east of Frenzy Fields.

Projections of urban growth indicate areas where biodiversity is at high risk.

How do cities impact nature? In this video, Jeff Kass introduces the concept of urban sprawl and teaches us how to explore it through the ancient Japanese poetic form, haiku.

A major advance in satellite-based land surface mapping has led to the creation of more accurate and detailed maps of our cities. These maps provide urban planners with a better understanding of ...

One factor in the “sprawl index” is the cul-de-sacs, looping streets and dead-ends common in many suburbs and gated communities.

Urban sprawl is not just unsightly. It could also be impeding intergenerational mobility for low-income residents and reinforcing racial inequality, according to a series of recent studies led by ...

Though urban sprawl is widely regarded as an important environmental and social problem, according to the authors, much of the debate over sprawl is based on speculation.

The word has become an epithet for garish, reckless growth — but to fix the housing crisis, the country needs more of it.

News Oviedo City Council makes move to shift away from urban sprawl Construction at the Ellington, a mixed-use development, is well underway on April 19.