Examples Urban sprawl

despite world-famous reputation urban sprawl , car culture, paradoxically, los angeles metropolitan area densest in united states.

los angeles 1 of world s first low density urbanized areas, resulting large geographic metropolitan area. however, since 1950s, los angeles has become more , more dense, principally due small lot zoning , high demand housing due population growth. today, area s famed car use becoming less necessary , los angeles metropolitan area has been densest urbanized area in united states since 1980s, denser new york metropolitan area , san francisco–oakland–hayward metropolitan area. while may surprising some, there less density outside urban cores of latter 2 metropolitan areas, in contrast enormous los angeles basin, entirely built out. essentially, los angeles s suburbs denser of other large u.s. cities, such new york, san francisco or chicago. these high-density suburbs make-up relatively low density of los angeles core, results in higher average density of area whole, compared new york city , san francisco.

urban sprawl not limited developed countries, , may more prevalent in developing countries. example, there considerable land consumed urban sprawl in mexico city, in national capital region surrounds delhi, in beijing, new desert developments of 6 october city, , new cairo west , east of cairo (respectively), in antananarivo (the capital of madagascar), in karachi, in islamabad capital territory, in johannesburg, in mumbai , in eastern parts of south africa. international cases of sprawl draw question definition of term , conditions necessary urban growth considered sprawl. in mexico, example, new housing development @ urban periphery single-use not low-density.