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Urban Sprawl and Transportation Externalities

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: One argument in support of minimizing urban sprawl is that sprawl creates transportation externalities. A problem with empirically examining the relationship between sprawl and transportation externalities is that sprawl is a difficult concept to quantify. This paper uses a measure of sprawl designed by Ewing, Pendall, and Chen (2002) to examine the relationship between sprawl and commute times, automobile ownership, miles driven, fatal auto accidents, air pollution,and highway expenditures. An empirical investigation finds that there is no statistically significant relationship between sprawl and and of these transportation externalities.

Source: Review of Regional Studies

DOI: 10.52324/001c.8176

Authors: Randall G. Holcombe, DeEdgra W. Williams

Institutions: Florida State University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Language: English

Topic: Urban Transport and Accessibility

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W1525712428