The abbey countered in a press release, "No potential exists for a new force main to spur any secondary development, or to create sprawl."

The war effort necessitated by the first World War hampered the city's development and also created uncontrollable urban sprawl with the influx of refugees from Asia Minor.

Residents fear that the new bridge could create congestion and suburban sprawl.

The mayor said she had changed her mind because the plan had problems, including the potential to create sprawl.

And the sheer number of people will create sprawl, pollution, depletion of resources, and overcrowding of infrastructure.

Critics say the explosion in new age-restricted developments will create sprawl and, later, vast ghettos of old people who will need more social services as they age.

Some northwest New Jersey lawmakers said the plan was heavy-handed and would drive down the property values and create sprawl in communities abutting the protected area.

In the preface, the trust's president, Richard Moe, wrote: "National discount retailers can continue to create sprawl, or they can create stores that reinforce existing cities and towns.

In lucid prose remarkably free of jargon, Hardwick, an editor at Smithsonian Books, concludes that malls did not transform the environment but simply created more sprawl.

They say the goal is to strike a balance in the suburb: to enhance commerce and attract new ventures but not to create sprawl.