The Urbanist Anthony Downs Uses Five Criteria in His Definition

question 9

Multiple Choice

The urbanist Anthony Downs uses five criteria in his definition of urban sprawl. Which of the following is NOT one of these criteria?

• A) high-density, primarily multi-family residential settlement
• B) saturation of job locations widely across the landscape in mainly low-density establishments
• C) fragmentation of governance authority over land uses among many relatively small localities
• D) widespread reliance on the filtering or "trickle-down" process to provide housing for low-income households

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