Growth and Growth Control Effects on Air Quality in Boulder County, Colorado

David Greenland

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DOI: 10.2190/FVJG-PCWL-WUC8-7HH5

Abstract

Current literature is equivocal on the effects of such factors as growth control and dispersal of activity centers on environmental features such as air quality. An empirical study in the urban front range corridor of Colorado is reported. Both observed and modeled levels of carbon monoxide and total suspended particulate concentrations suggest that in a county of about 200,000 population, neither growth control policies in the largest city, nor general growth have a significant effect on air quality.

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