Suburban Sprawl&#39;s Effects Add Up
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A report scheduled to be released Monday found that people who live in areas with a high degree of sprawl are more likely to report chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, arthritis, headaches and breathing difficulties compared to residents
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Outdoor wood-fired boilers are a fast-growing alternative energy fad â and, for some, the latest suburban scourge.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Children who live in densely populated urban areas may be less likely to be overweight if they have parks and lawns in their neighborhoods, a U.S. study suggests.
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As property tax bills hit Chicago mailboxes next week, most will deliver a lighter thud than before. Don&#39;t get too excited -- that thud will gradually get heavier.
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People who live in sprawling metropolitan areas are paying a health toll for all that time spent sitting in cars instead of walking.
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Planners have been inundated with a flood of applications for new housing developments.
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Residents of Washington's outer suburbs endure some of the nation's longest commutes, according to a U.S. Census survey released yesterday that also showed clogged roads and high gasoline prices are pushing a growing number of people onto mass transit.
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A study of 95 urban areas in the US showed that a small increase of the smog level leads to a slight rise in deaths. A study of 95 US urban areas found that a small increase in the average smog level over
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By Clark, Shirley E; Pitt, Robert  ABSTRACT:  To offset the detrimental effects of urbanization on groundwater recharge, stormwater managers are focusing on infiltrating much of the runoff from a site that was generated because of development.
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A U.S. geographer says he believes an urban landscape of circular parks, lawns and even buildings can help reduce the urban heat island effect.
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While the housing downturn has depressed once-thriving real estate markets around the nation, far-flung suburbs of major cities have suffered the most abrupt market correction.
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NEW YORK  - U.S. children who live in expansive suburbs may start to pay for it with expansive waistlines, new research suggests.
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The view from suburban Philadelphia voters about politics and politicians:
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TO THE EDITOR:           Thank you for your coverage of the residents' discontent over the development of a 159-home community on the Hawk Valley Golf Course property owned by Jim Fricke.           Of particular concern to us is the future adequacy of the water supply.
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By Alex Doniach / doniach@commercialappealcom  Paul Hein bought a home in his quiet Northaven suburb 28 years ago - before his neighbors became renters who let their weeds grow wild and trash collect on their front lawns.
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By Jim Woods, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 10--Central Ohio suburban residents could see their water and sewer rates increase by 83 percent or more by 2010, according to a study by the city of Reynoldsburg.
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A new study suggests that people living in sprawling suburbs are more prone to chronic physical health problems than people living in compact urban areas.