Jacksonville's Approach To Urban Sprawl

Jacksonville's strategy to deal with sprawl is to anticipate it before it happens.

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May 11, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

National Public Radio's Morning Edition features a special report with the Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, on how Jacksonville is dealing with urban sprawl. "We're looking to have the largest 'urban preserve' system in the nation... The fundamental rule of attacking sprawl is to have density near your downtown... We're trying to tbuy [the land we don't want to be developed] out of development." Editor's note: This story is available on the NPR website is Real Media's streaming audio format. To listen, select the link below "Urban Sprawl", then look for the story titled Urban Sprawl on the middle right-side of the NPR website.

Thanks to Chris Steins

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Friday, May 11, 2001 in National Public Radio

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