Sylva Louis has lived in the sprawling refugee camp of Champs de Mars in downtown Port au Prince since the earthquake on January 12.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

In a sprawling slum in the Indian capital, has only the most basic amenities in his one room tenement a single electric bulb,and a fan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

IBM's top-ranked U.S.city is Houston - a sprawling metropolis on the Gulf Coast of Texas.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Tent cities cover the grounds of this sprawling army base in Virginia.

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

India points to the aspirations of millions of poor people like Rakesh in sprawling urban slums and villages when it refuses to commit to any caps on its carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27