Students, faculty members and Blacksburg citizens came together last night to hear Dave Cieslewicz, the mayor of Madison, Wis. discuss effective ways to control urban sprawl.Richard Rich, a professor ...

Westerners are all too familiar with the phenomenon of “urban sprawl,” as development creeps farther from city limits and eats up more land. A study released by the nonprofit Numbers USA offers new ...

A Minnesota court and law has dealt a major blow this month to the latest trend in urban planning theory — densification and the elimination of single-family zoning. The implications of this decision ...

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 a ...