Editing Tallahassee, Florida (section)

===Sprawl and compact growth===
The Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department implements policies aimed at promoting compact growth and development, including the establishment and maintenance of an Urban Service Area. The intent of the Urban Service Area is to "have Tallahassee and Leon County grow in a responsible manner, with infrastructure provided economically and efficiently, and surrounding forest and agricultural lands protected from unwarranted and premature conversion to urban land use."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talgov.com/Uploads/Public/Documents/planning/pdf/compln/thecompplan/lus.pdf |title=Land Use Element of the Tallahassee-Leon County Comprehensive Plan. |date=January 22, 2016 |website=Talgov.com |access-date=January 11, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114153704/http://talgov.com/Uploads/Public/Documents/planning/pdf/compln/thecompplan/lus.pdf |archive-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref> The result of compact growth policies has been a significant overall reduction in the Sprawl Index for Tallahassee between 2000 and 2010.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hamidi |first1=Shima |last2=Ewing |first2=Reid |date=August 1, 2014 |title=A longitudinal study of changes in urban sprawl between 2000 and 2010 in the United States |journal=Landscape and Urban Planning |volume=128 |pages=72–82 |doi=10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.04.021 |bibcode=2014LUrbP.128...72H}}</ref> CityLab reported on this finding, stating "Tallahassee laps the field, at least as far as the Sprawl Index is concerned."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/06/the-us-cities-that-sprawled-the-most-and-least-between-2000-and-2010/372105/ |title=The U.S. Cities That Sprawled the Most (and Least) Between 2000 and 2010 |newspaper=CityLab |language=en-US |access-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118073636/http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/06/the-us-cities-that-sprawled-the-most-and-least-between-2000-and-2010/372105/ |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>