Sprawl

Policy Briefs

Buffalo’s Sprawl: Fiscal, Environmental, and Social Costs

Articles and Reports

Erie and Niagara Counties: Regional Framework

Fisher, Bruce. “Empty Parcels, Emptying Cities.” Artvoice, 7/31/08

Lack, Allison. Sprawling by the Lake: How IDA-Granted Property Tax Exemptions Undermine Older Parts of the Buffalo/Niagara Metro Area. Good Jobs First (2007)

League of Women Voters. At Taxpayers’ Expense: How Government Policies Encourage Spraw in Erie and Niagara Counties (2006)

Pendall, Rolf. Sprawl Without Growth: the Upstate Paradox. Brookings Institution (2003)

Urban Land Institute. Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change (2007)