DSST Human Cultural Geography Exam Prep

Answer - C - The continuous development of new housing sites in a city that are not adjacent contiguous to existing built-up areas is urban sprawl.

Key Takeaway: Urban sprawl is the continuous trend toward spreading a city and its suburbs to its outskirts to low-density land. These areas are usually highly dependent upon cars, far from cities (making for longer commute times), inadequate in cultural and/or education facilities, and have higher infrastructure costs per person in the home to be built. Many people look to urban sprawl as part of global warming problem and the loss in community in the United States.