Broward County (population 1.8 M) is the ‘‘center’’ county of the linear tri-county South Florida metropolitan area. It is the second largest (of 67) counties, see Fig. 2, in the State of Florida and has a developable area of 409.8 square miles, with a resulting density of some 4500 people per square mile, which is quite high in US terms. Its economic base is services and material movement, based in part on the existence and promotion of air and sea ports. Although the largest city in Broward County is Fort Lauderdale (population 180 K), there are six cities in the county with populations exceeding 100 K. Broward County and South Florida is, in some respects, the accumulation of ‘‘bad’’ development patterns, witnessed by Lang’s (2003) characterization of the region as the prototype of the edgeless city. Achieving low-carbon results in Broward County, and indeed all of South Florida, is a particularly challenging situation for planners. Finally, it is important to note that Broward County is virtually ‘‘built out’’ – there is very little developable land remaining. Bounded as it by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Everglades on the west, Broward County has no place to expand. Future ‘‘growth’’ will have to ‘‘fold back’’ on existing developed spaces.
Broward County (population 1.8 M) is the ‘‘center’’ county of the linear tri-county South Florida metropolitan area. It is the second largest (of 67) counties, see Fig. 2, in the State of Florida and has a developable area of 409.8 square miles, with a resulting density of some 4500 people per square mile, which is quite high in US terms. Its economic base is services and material movement, based in part on the existence and promotion of air and sea ports. Although the largest city in Broward County is Fort Lauderdale (population 180 K), there are six cities in the county with populations exceeding 100 K. Broward County and South Florida is, in some respects, the accumulation of ‘‘bad’’ development patterns, witnessed by Lang’s (2003) characterization of the region as the prototype of the edgeless city. Achieving low-carbon results in Broward County, and indeed all of South Florida, is a particularly challenging situation for planners. Finally, it is important to note that Broward County is virtually ‘‘built out’’ – there is very little developable land remaining. Bounded as it by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Everglades on the west, Broward County has no place to expand. Future ‘‘growth’’ will have to ‘‘fold back’’ on existing developed spaces.
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