Title: The changing Illinois landscape
First published: 2001
Description: Discusses the effect of "urban sprawl" on the Chicago Metropolitan Area where conversion of land to urban use far exceeds population growth.  Options to manage growth or mitigate its effects are mentioned, as well as ways in which to protect open spaces and natural processes that sustain healthy ecosystems.
Subjects: Cities and towns, Conservation of natural resources, Effect of human beings on, Environmental impact analysis, Environmental protection, Growth, Internal Migration, Land use, Migration, Internal, Nature, Urban-rural migration, Urbanization
Places: Chicago Metropolitan Area, Illinois
LC classification: HN80.C5 O36 2001