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Originally Posted by teamchachi
My understanding of the term "urban sprawl" is that it a negative term which refers to poor or unplanned development which often occurs just outside the legal limits of major urban centres. For an example of urban sprawl, drive around Denver Colorado and check out the gong show mix of land uses that occurs on the north side.
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I haven't been to Denver so I can't comment specifically on that, but urban sprawl generally isn't characterized by mixed land usage. The term refers to large tracts of land designated to one sector, without any real attempt to integrate commercial and residential. It's also characterized by everything being significantly larger than in older neighbourhoods: bigger lots, bigger houses, wider roads, bigger stores, bigger parking lots. Largely identical residential designs are another symptom. So are communities where car travel is necessary not only to get to other communities, but also to ammenities within the community.