suburban growth
Cities spreading outward
Suburban growth is the expansion of residential and commercial development in areas surrounding cities.
The term typically appears in discussions of urban planning, housing policy, and environmental impact: Suburban growth has accelerated since the highway was built.
It can describe either the physical spread of suburbs or population increases within them.
- urban sprawlUncontrolled peripheral development
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- land useHow terrain is allocated
- suburban lifestyleResidential outskirts domesticity
- soccer momSuburban parent stereotype
sprawling suburbs · infrastructure · habitat fragmentation · bedroom community · commuter belt · migration patterns · subdivision · transportation networks · housing developments · new construction · demographic shifts · property taxes · master planning · tract housing · cookie cutter homes · real estate markets · community identity · strip mall
- outskirtsoutskirts, periphery, outskirt, fringe, environs
- land usezoning ordinances, suburban sprawl, land management, arable land, industrial
- York CountyYork, Clover, textile mills, southern hospitality, Hanover
- 1920s AmericaCharles Lindbergh, Jazz Age, Spirit of St. Louis, flappers, transatlantic flight
- Silicon Valley Historytech boom, Stanford University, aerospace industry, fruit orchards, orchards
- DeSoto CountyWalls, county seat, county courthouse, local government, school districts
suburban growthhigh-density housing
Concentrated residential construction
transit-oriented development · infill development · land preservation