Quantifying the Loss of Open Space in America

Lost Open Space in the United States 1982-2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: LOST OPEN SPACE IN THE UNITED STATES 2002-2017

Two Decades of NumbersUSA Studies on Population Growth and Urban Sprawl

STUDIES

  • 2023 Californicating Idaho
  • 2023 Illusion of Endless Texas Habitat
  • 2022 Disappearing Colorado
  • 2022 From Sea To Sprawling Sea (49 states)
  • 2021 A Thirsty Arizona
  • 2020 Californication of Oregon
  • 2017 Paving The Piedmont (GA, SC, NC)
  • 2017 Texas Urban Triangle
  • 2014 Vanishing Natural Florida
  • 2014 Vanishing Open Spaces (48 states)
  • 2003 Outsmarting Smart Growth (48 states)
  • 2001 Large U.S. Cities
  • 2000 Sprawl In Florida
  • 2000 Sprawl In California

    • REPORTS

  • 2024 NEVADA NO. 1
  • 2024 LOVE HURTS (NC)
  • 2023 SPRAWL IN MINNESOTA
  • 2003 CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED (VA, MD, PA, WV)
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