Some questionable methodology here, but still worth taking a look.
By CCAer
The
Neptis Foundation, a Toronto-based organization that focuses on urban
development, has utilized satellite and air photo data to create a 8.7
billion data cell image depciting land development in the United
States. According to a paper entitled “Causes of Sprawl: A Portrait
form Space” that will be appearing the Quarterly Journal of Economics,
Pittsburgh is more sprawling than Miami and recent sprawling than Miami and recent development in Boston is more scattered than in Los Angeles.[more]
