Much of the confusion about sprawl stems from
the conflation of ideology,
experience, and effects. A term so widely used cannot be easily dismissed as too vague for serious discussion. Many policymakers claim to know it when they see it and make important policy judgments based on what they see or think they see. As a first step toward developing policies to deal with the causes
or consequences of sprawl, it would help both critics and apologists if agreement could be reached on what sprawl is and how to measure it empirically and compare its occurrence across a large number of urban areas.
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