Want To Stop Sprawl? Curb Immigration

Anti-sprawl activists criticize a study that suggest that curbing immigration -- not planning and zoning -- is the solution for urban sprawl.

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September 8, 2003, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A new study suggests the only way to put a stop to rampant suburban sprawl is not better planning and zoning, or even encouraging people to move back into the cities, but by curbing immigration... the Center for Immigration Studies and NumbersUSA Education and Research Foundation released a new study that already has drawn criticism from anti-sprawl activists."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Study: Immigration Biggest Contributor to Sprawl

Monday, September 8, 2003 in FOX News

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