There is no sprawl syndrome: A new topology of metropolitan land use patterns

Article Abstract:

A study tests the assumption that sprawl is a unidimensional syndrome by investigating the spatial patterns of land use in the commuter-sheds (Extended Urbanized Areas or EUAs) of 50 large US metropolitan areas in 1990 and computing 14 indices measuring both job and housing locations. Results show metropolitan areas manifest spatial patterns evincing four distinctive combinations of sprawl-like dimensions, implying that anti-sprawl policies must be tailored for the particular patterns extant in the area at hand.

Buildings, Land use, Facility utilization

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Racialized identities and the formation of black gangs in Los Angeles

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The history of Black gangs in Los Angeles, California is presented, and the factors that were most significant in the formation of these gangs during two waves of gang formation in the post-World War II period is identified. Suggestions reveal that the racialization of Black youths played a major factor in both waves of gang formation.

California, History, Influence, Los Angeles, California, African American youth, African American teenagers, Gangs

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Racial settlement and metropolitan land-use patterns: does sprawl abet black-white segregation?

Article Abstract:

An exploratory model of how metropolitan land-use patterns affect racial settlement patterns by measuring the relationship between blacks and whites is presented.

Urban land use, Human settlements

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