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Better targeted measures needed to tackle urban sprawl in Europe

News Published 08 Jun 2016 Last modified 23 Nov 2020

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Photo: © James Russel 2011

There is growing evidence that urban sprawl is having an increasingly negative effect on the environment and on the quality of life across Europe. Existing actions to prevent, contain or control such development have had limited results. Better targeted measures are necessary. That is the main conclusion of a joint European Environment Agency (EEA) and Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) report published today.