LAND AS THE RESOURCE - Low Impact Development and Sustainable Stormwater Management - page 54

DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
(From 1992 institute report
of the City Parks Association)
Valley creek
watershed
Chester
county
1930
1960
Based on data from Univ. of Penn.,
city parks association, delaware
valley regional planning comm.,
and the national park service.
1990
Figure 3-4 Urban growth expanded well beyond the city into the surrounding countryside
following the highways (from the Valley Creek, Chester County Plan, 1990).
fortunate residents who dwell at ground level. This development pattern contrasts
with the horizontal sprawl of suburbia and certainly provides residential use with
far less space. They are focused on an economic and demographic target, to meet
the needs of the aging “baby boomers” who seek to return to the convenience of
the urban center.