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September 2003, Vol 93, No. 9 | American Journal of Public Health 1534-1540
© 2003 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Conventional Development Versus Managed Growth: The Costs of Sprawl

Robert W. Burchell, PhD and Sahan Mukherji, BS

The authors are with the School of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Edward J. Bloustein School of Public Policy, and the Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Robert W. Burchell, PhD, Center for Urban Policy Research, Edward J. Bloustein School, 33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (e-mail: burchell{at}rci.rutgers.edu).

Objectives. We examined the effects of sprawl, or conventional development, versus managed (or "smart") growth on land and infrastructure consumption as well as on real estate development and public service costs in the United States.

Methods. Mathematical impact models were used to produce US estimates of differences in resources consumed according to each growth scenario over the period 2000–2025.

Results. Sprawl produces a 21% increase in amount of undeveloped land converted to developed land (2.4 million acres) and approximately a 10% increase in local road lane-miles (188 300). Furthermore, sprawl causes about 10% more annual public service (fiscal) deficits ($4.2 billion) and 8% higher housing occupancy costs ($13 000 per dwelling unit).

Conclusions. Managed growth can save significant amounts of human and natural resources with limited effects on traditional development procedures.




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