Cost Of Living In Urban Sprawl

Most people believe that the cost of living in sprawl is much lower than living in compact cities. However, the cost of living in compact cities is much lower than living in urban sprawl. Sprawl has two primary impacts: it increases per capita land consumption and it increases the distances between activities in a city. These primary impacts have various economic costs including: increased costs of providing utilities and government services, reduced accessibility and increased transport costs. On the contrary, dense cities are more cost efficient. The housing occupancy cost is usually high in dense cities but it is covered up with the low cost of transit, government services and other utilities. A recent research aiming to examine the effects