Scenarios about 'urban growth'
The expansion of cities and metropolitan areas through population increase, spatial development, and transformation of rural or undeveloped land into built environments. Urban growth has been a defining feature of human civilization since ancient Mesopotamia, accelerating dramatically during the Industrial Revolution and continuing through modern globalization. This process fundamentally reshapes societies through changes in housing patterns, economic structures, social relationships, and environmental impacts.
What If Boise Had Implemented Comprehensive Growth Management in 2010?
Exploring how Boise, Idaho might have developed if it had implemented a comprehensive growth management framework a decade before its housing affordability crisis, creating a more sustainable and equitable development pattern.