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Recent Examples of urban sprawl
Focusing on urban density, retrofits promote efficient land use and help prevent urban sprawl, thereby protecting ecosystems.
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Kathleen Abbott, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Subways cater to high-density centers, while cars, including autonomous vehicles, suit low-density urban sprawl.
—Harry Booth, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
The idea of Los Angeles as a wildlife preserve disrupts its image of glitzy urban sprawl.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
In Los Angeles, where urban sprawl and diverse venues present unique security challenges, AI will play a central role in coordinating large-scale operations across multiple sites.
—Brian Gumbel, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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Kathleen Abbott, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Subways cater to high-density centers, while cars, including autonomous vehicles, suit low-density urban sprawl.
—Harry Booth, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
The idea of Los Angeles as a wildlife preserve disrupts its image of glitzy urban sprawl.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
In Los Angeles, where urban sprawl and diverse venues present unique security challenges, AI will play a central role in coordinating large-scale operations across multiple sites.
—Brian Gumbel, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urban sprawl
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Returning from larger stomping grounds to run one of the state’s most diverse cities is not always the smoothest transition, political experts have said.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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To create its online and in-app maps, onX incorporates thousands of sources, like local city geographic information system data, Forest Service data, and more.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The Ravel makes several stops in idyllic medieval towns along the Rhône, including Avignon, Viviers, and Arles – the lovely Roman town where Vincent van Gogh created some of his most memorable work.James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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While early votes show an increase in women and young voters in college towns, one of the groups that was once solidly Democratic is no longer true blue: union members.Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Just as, college towns and inner cities offers more guarantees for Vice President Harris than heavily blue-collar and Hispanic communities.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In many parts of the country, suburbs and exurbs have seen the biggest population gains in the last decade, while inner cities have often lost residents.Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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While federal grants exist, the demand far outpaces the need and in some states — like South Carolina and Wisconsin — federal dollars aren’t distributed below the state level, so costs are borne by county and municipalities’ general funds.Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 3 Nov. 2024
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Some municipalities across the state are also continuing early voting into this weekend.Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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Our beautiful neighborhoods will become an asphalt jungle!Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
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But there’s nothing stopping the surfer from hanging out in the parking lot up the cliff, an asphalt jungle with its own territorial, dog-eat-dog ecosystem.Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
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Sprawling cities in the South and Southwest emerged seemingly overnight, while new suburbs encircled older metropolises in the North.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Dallas congressman and local native won Webb as well as populous Hidalgo and Cameron counties, home of the border-straddling metropolis of McAllen-Reynosa and Brownsville-Matamoros — but by far less than past Democrats.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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Initially designed as a garden city with villas, reminiscent of those eastern European cities lost in prior decades, Ankara symbolized the birth of a European country from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire—in the middle of Anatolia.Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
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Lee Kuan Yew, the city’s first prime minister, launched the idea of Singapore as a garden city back in 1967.CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
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District 3, which spans West Oakland, uptown and part of downtown, has emerged as a sort of key political battleground for the city’s future.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Park City downtown and its many ski hangouts, such as Deer Valley Resort, lie roughly 30 minutes south of your stay.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Urban sprawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urban%20sprawl. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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