10 Solutions for Urban Sprawl?

Urban Sprawl is when a place becomes crowded or overpopulated.
What would be 10 solutions for this?

A more specific definition would be ‘ The rapid, poorly planned spread of development from an URBAN area outward into RURAL areas, resulting in the growth of rural areas.’

Here are some ideas:

Challenge a Local Project, Lobby Councillors to vote against the proposed development and seek improvements to turn it into a “Smart” development.

Community groups can play an active role in curbing sprawl. Building alliances with like minded organizations can strengthen your campaigns and ensure that there is a broad base of support for change.

Build local support. Engage your neighbors to build a list of potential supporters in getting to understand the consequences of urban sprawl. Get people in talking about traffic congestion, air pollution, poor transit, high taxes, lack of rental housing, and street front shops being replaced by giant retail outlets.

Contact your local government representative and tell him/her of your concerns. If he/she agrees with you ask for support in defeating any building plans which would contribute to urban sprawl.

Contact local media or television and radio stations to inform them of development projects. Local news organizations love to report on local issues as it draws in more viewers/listeners to their programming.

Start a petition drive at local grocery stores or any local stores that draw in large numbers of shoppers to inform them of the issues. Use these signed petitions to demonstrate support for a cause.

Conduct a survey to identify areas of concern with your neighbors or anyone who may be affected by the growth of sprawl.

Compile email and telephone lists of concerned residents who would be affected by the sprawl. Anyone who would have their taxes raised would certainly be concerned.

Make a list of business owners who would be affected by the growth and contact them for support. Businesses who would see a drop in revenue would be interested to know who is ‘moving into their neighborhood’ such as a large competitor who may put them out of business.

Protect land from development by seeking support from your local government to prohibit development on certain lands by creating urban growth boundaries.

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