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In the United States and several other nations, the post–World War II boom led to major suburban development and urban sprawl, aided by increasing automobile ownership and cheap oil, as shown in this suburban development in Colorado Springs, Colorado in March 2008. Per capita GDP of various industrialized countries between 1920 and 1976
During the mid to late 20th century, most socialist countries in the Eastern Bloc were characterized by under-urbanization, [9] which meant that industrial growth occurred well in advance of urban growth, which was sustained by rural-urban commuting. City growth, residential mobility, land, and housing development were under tight political ...
The history of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1905 to 1980 saw declines in population and economic basis, particularly after World War II.Although St. Louis made civic improvements in the 1920s and enacted pollution controls in the 1930s, suburban growth accelerated and the city population fell dramatically from the 1950s to the 1980s.
He did not move to lower the 90% Federal income tax rates left over from World War II and there were three economic recessions over his presidency--a mild one in 1953-54 that followed up on the end of the Korean War and a bigger out that began in late 1957 and lasted through 1958. Another recession followed in 1960.
The Western U.S. is the most urbanized part of the country today, followed closely by the Northeastern United States. The Southern U.S. experienced rapid industrialization after World War II, and is now over three-quarters urban, having almost the same urban percentage in 2010 as the Midwestern United States. [2]
Fulshear ranks third nationally for fast-paced suburban growth over the past decade, managing to expand its housing inventory by 1,138%, from 544 units in 2013 to over 6,700 in 2022. Its ...
Measures for urban sprawl in Europe: upper left the Dispersion of the built-up area (DIS), upper right the weighted urban proliferation (WUP). The term urban sprawl was often used in the letters between Lewis Mumford and Frederic J. Osborn, [17] firstly by Osborn in his 1941 letter to Mumford and later by Mumford, generally condemning the waste of agricultural land and landscape due to ...
The series "Desperate Housewives," which premiered in 2004, made suburban secrets and scandals its centerpiece, while the television series "Weeds," which came out in 2005, used "Little Boxes," a ...