Andrew Tuck checks in on efforts to curb sprawl and increase density. Despite various efforts, we're still not as dense as we used to be. Tuck references the work of Dr. Shlomo Angel, author of the new book Planet of Cities:
Dr Angel looked at US cities and found that average tract densities, to use the correct terminology, have been in decline for a century. Even Manhattan, despite adding all those skyscrapers, is less densely populated now than in 1910. Then he looked at 30 global cities and found that most of these had densities that peaked in 1910 too. And in many cities the rate of decline is speeding up.
(Image of suburban sprawl by Christoph Gielen, via Ariel Schwartz)
The Dish 