Sprawl is the

A) change in density within an urban area from the periphery to the center.
B) development of new housing sites not contiguous to the existing built-up area.
C) land maintained as open space surrounding an urban area.
D) period in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic.
E) increasing population density in rings two and three of the concentric zone model.


Answer: B

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