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What are the drivers of urban sprawl around the major cities of the country? How have new investments in transport projects supported sprawl development ?

  • UPSC 2022
  • Settlements

Urban sprawl is unplanned, low-density, discontinuous outward extension in which spatial expansion outruns population growth — measured by declining compactness, not rising numbers.

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  • Drivers of Sprawl Around the Major Cities
  • How Transport Investment Turns Potential Sprawl into Actual Sprawl
  • Why Transit Has Lengthened Sprawl Instead of Concentrating It
  • Judgement: Whether the Land Leads the Line

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