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A typical suburban development in the United States, located in Chandler, Arizona An urban development in Palma, Mallorca. Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment [1]) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi–family apartments, office buildings and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city".
As white households left for the suburbs, housing prices in transition neighborhoods fell, which often lowered the cost of home ownership for Black households. This trend was stronger in older and denser cities, especially in the Northeast and Midwest, because new construction was generally more difficult.
Mary Corbin Sies argues that it is necessary to examine how "suburb" is defined as well as the distinction made between cities and suburbs, geography, economic circumstances, and the interaction of numerous factors that move research beyond acceptance of stereotyping and its influence on scholarly assumptions.
Residential area in Helena, Montana, United States Suburban slum in Bhutan Residential area typical for suburbs in central Poland. A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas. [1] [2] Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas.
It also includes analysis by geography, type of buyer, type of dwelling, property status (whether the property is a new build or not), and funding status (cash or mortgage). Several guidance documents[2] are published alongside the release explaining its methodology and the difference between the different sources of official house price ...
Once again, property values in Broward County are on the rise. Last year saw an 8.8% increase in taxable property value, with new construction valued at a combined $3.3 billion, according to a new ...
[1] The bid rent theory is a geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the central business district (CBD) increases. Bid Rent Theory was developed by William Alonso in 1964, it was extended from the Von-thunen Model (1826), who analyzed agricultural land use.
In France, an urban area (Fr: aire d'attraction d'une ville) is a zone encompassing an area of built-up growth (called an "urban unit" (unité urbaine) [41] – close in definition to the North American urban area) and its commuter belt . Americans would find the INSEE definition of the urban area [42] to be similar to their metropolitan area.