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Tue 02 Feb 2007Think tank predicts LA-style sprawlDublin will soon have a footprint the same size as Los Angeles with less than a quarter of its population, a planning think tank said today.With the population expected to grow by more than one million over the next 20 years, the Urban Forum today expressed serious concerns for the health of people living in an ever-expanding Greater Dublin Area.