The 10 traits of urban sprawl:
- Unlimited outward extension of development
- Low density residential and commercial settlements
- Leapfrog development
- Fragmentation of powers of land use among many small localities
- Dominance of transportation by private vehicles
- Lack of centralized planning or control of land uses
- Widespread strip commercial development
- Great fiscal disparities among localities
- Segregation of types of land use in different zones
- Lack of access to low-income housingĀ
(Downs, 1999)