The influx has further led to a boom in construction activity. On the flip side of these benefits are the byproducts of urban sprawl. In most South Asian cities, the demand for housing and ...

Sprawl is generally typified as low-density, haphazard development spiraling outward from urban centers (Burchell et al. 1998). For years, scientists have argued that sprawling urban and suburban ...

fighting the sprawl that has disconnected so many communities. In an alley under a large, idle smokestack, we sipped cappuccinos, discussing the dramatic ideological change in Chinese urban planning.

This article is authored by Dikshu C Kukreja, architect and urbanist, honorary consul general, Republic of Albania and managing principal, CP Kukreja Architects Urban sprawl remains a pressing ...