2023年6月5日 · Suburban residents' climate-warming emissions are higher than city dwellers', mainly because of higher energy use in homes and transportation—so those are the first places to look for savings.

2024年2月7日 · Sprawling neighborhoods, picket fences, cars in every driveway, strip malls, cook-outs, and golf courses—welcome to the suburbs. In today’s modern America, more than half of U.S. citizens claim to live in a suburban environment.

Often overlooked in discussions of environmental deterioration, suburban sprawl is a North American land development pattern characterized by low-density, unrestricted suburban growth stretching out from metropolitan centers into previously untouched rural land.

For years, scientists have argued that sprawling urban and suburban development patterns are creating negative impacts including habitat fragmentation, water and air pollution, increased...

2024年3月4日 · Suburban and exurban development patterns have a significant impact on climate change and the environment. It is crucial to address this impact by implementing sustainable land use practices, fostering regional collaboration, and enacting policy changes.

2023年4月25日 · With a radical approach to planning, suburbs in the United States can be made affordable, liveable and climate friendly. Dana Cuff is a professor of architecture and urban design at the...

2022年3月25日 · Suburban sprawl is the spread of urbanised areas into the rural landscape. It is the dominant pattern of development in the US, and is characterised by low-density, single family homes built outwards from urban centres.

2021年1月17日 · Challenges like climate change, invasive species and habitat destruction are pushing native ecosystems to brink, making urban and suburban space potentially critical for many species.

Suburban growth, while offering private benefits to new suburbanites, may impose social costs such as lowering local quality of life. This paper seeks to measure some of the environmental consequences of suburbanization. It estimates the impact of population dispersion on several environmental indicators such as vehicle mileage,

2023年5月3日 · Reforesting the suburbs offers a viable solution to mitigate the environmental impact of suburban sprawl. By introducing native trees, shrubs, and other plants back into suburban landscapes, we can create healthier, more resilient ecosystems that support a diverse range of species.