Sprawl In California

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Introduction Your office, The Governor's Office of Planning and Research, contacted my consulting firm in regards to potentially analyzing solutions to the sprawl issue currently occurring in California. I will use a criteria-alternatives-matrix (CAM) analysis as a tool for objectively evaluating potential solution alternatives to the issue (Munger, 2000). This will allow me to methodically weigh the consequences and benefits of each solution (Bardach, 2009). I have created three alternatives to reduce the amount of sprawl occurring in California, which will be evaluated by three criteria based on efficiency, equality and sustainability. The tool consists of 1) a qualitative description of how well the alternative meets the objective…show more content…
The decline in urban density for new developments means that the aggregate level of sprawl occurring in California is expected to increase over the next 15 years. The preliminary research conducted for the Sustainable Communities and Climate Act of 2008 estimated a 5% increase in the urbanized land area density is required in order to reduce the impacts of sprawl (California Environmental Protection Agency, 2009). However, this aggregate reduction of sprawl in California should not be implemented as a standard template for every region due to the unique needs and conditions of each region. California is experiencing too much Sprawl making infrastructure more costly to provide, traffic congestion increase, air quality reduce. prime agriculture decrease and urban poverty concentration increase. In order to solve this problem a five percent increase in California's urbanized land area density is required. I will first discuss the context and economic/political frameworks regarding this public problem, I will describe the analytical method, identify the selected alternatives, and define criteria before providing preliminary…show more content…
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