Project SherlockEst. Knowledge

Report

2014

Measuring Sprawl 2014

Reid Ewing & Shima Hamidi

Builds a composite sprawl index from density, land-use mix, activity centring and street connectivity for hundreds of U.S. metropolitan areas, and finds residents of the most compact metros have measurably better odds of upward economic mobility.

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Travel and the Built Environment: A Meta-AnalysisReid Ewing & Robert Cervero, 2010A meta-analysis of dozens of studies finding that residential density, land-use mix and pedestrian-friendly design measurably reduce driving, giving planners a quantified basis for arguing built form changes travel behaviour.

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