00925pab a2200157 454500008004000000100001600040245006300056260000900119300001400128362000800142520051000150650003800660650002200698700002200720773002500742180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aLopez, Russ  aSPRAWL in the 1990s: measurement, distribution, and trends  c2003  ap.325-55.  aJan  aAlthough sprawl is a growing national debate, there have been few efforts to measure or monitor changes in degree of sprawl over time. By using a methodology that employs census data, this sprawl index allows computation of levels of sprawl and examination of temporal and geographic changes. The results show that sprawl has increased over the past decade in many metropolitan areas. There are important geographic variations in sprawl, implying that it is neither inevitable nor universal. - Reproduced.  aUrban development - United States  aUrban development  aHynes,H. Patricia  aUrban Affairs Review