Three main types of urban sprawl

Urban sprawl refers to the outgrowth of urban areas caused by uncontrolled, uncoordinated and unplanned growth.  According to research which has done on urban sprawl /land use expansionby UTM, there are three types of urban sprawl in Malaysia which are

Different types of sprawl

• Low-density Sprawl

Low-density continuous sprawl is a phenomenon caused by outward spreading of low-density suburban land use as currently being experienced by many of cities like America as their population becoming bigger and bigger and there is no lack of land supply. this highly consumptive use of land for urban purposes is supported by piecemeal extensions of basic urban infrastructure such as water, sewer, power and roads. 

• Ribbon Sprawl

Ribbon sprawl is a type of sprawl characterized by concentration of development along major transportation arteries, primarily roads. while development occurs on land adjacent to the major roads, areas without accessibility to the roads tend to remain as greenareas, waiting for conversion into urban land uses when land values increase and infrastructure is extended from the major roads.

• Leapfrog Development Sprawl

Leapfrog development sprawl is a scattered form of urbanization with disjointed patched of urban land uses, interspersed with green areas. Leapfrog development may be caused by obvious physical limitations such as prohibitive topography, water bodies and wetlands or by more subtle reasons such as differences in development policies between political jurisdictions. 

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