The Cost of Sprawl: A Comparison to Campact city
06/03/2015.
Sprawl vs Campact City
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA.
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA.
The sprawl is 2.5 times more expensive than the compact city. We tend to think of the cost of a house as only the price of the mortgage. But in reality, adding more houses to a community requires a lot more than the buildings.
Picture on suburban cost.
Picture on suburban cost.
Sidewalks, water and wastewater pipes, schools and libraries, police and fire protection, and of course, roads. And whether the costs are paid by the homeowner, the local government, or businesses, the lower density in the suburbs leads to higher costs to operate, maintain and replace all these services.
These examples are taken from a recent study in Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada.
Read SP's recent report on Suburban Sprawl at: www.thecostofsprawl.com
