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More evidence that sprawl means more pollution
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 1:21pm.Edward Glaeser of Harvard and Matt Kahn of UCLA have a new study out, showing that sprawling cities really do consume more energy and pollute more. Some of their conclusions:
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Top Suburban Sprawl Critic Launches Podcast
Submitted by carterburn on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 5:11pm.James Howard Kunstler, Author of "The Geography of Nowhere", Features Weekly on Talk Show
TROY, N.Y. -- One of the world's loudest and funniest critics of suburban sprawl is now podcasting.
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Why the housing slump hasn't hit New York or San Francisco
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 2:09pm.Interesting article in today's New York Times Magazine at
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/realestate/keymagazine/406Lede-t.html?...
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Take a look at China
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 2:06pm.It is an article of faith among some defenders of the sprawl status quo that China is inevitably trending towards sprawl (thus allegedly proving that the human desire for sprawl is universal).
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Wall Street Journal on VMT, Energy, Sprawl
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 8:28pm.Wall Street Journal transportation columnist Joseph White just wrote an interesting piece on Vehicle Miles Traveled in America.
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The contrarian myth
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 7:52pm.For some reason, defenders of the sprawl status quo are often referred to as "contrarian." For example, if you google "Joel Kotkin" and "contrarian" you get 498 hits.
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Washington Post: The End of Sprawl?
Submitted by crandell on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 4:29pm.The Washington Post ran a great piece on Sunday about how rising gas prices will push our country toward more urban development patterns.
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Chesterfield County, Virginia Hopes Roseland Can Curb Sprawl
Submitted by Joe Menard on Thu, 11/29/2007 - 8:43pm.After years of apathy and exclusion in the planning of developments, a recently elected Board Supervisor in Chesterfield County, VA is pushing for increased community participation while halting exces
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Anthony Flint on Massachusetts' "Fix-It-First" Infrastructure Policy
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 08/07/2007 - 3:27pm.Anthony Flint, of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, has an interesting < a href="http://anthonyflint.net/blog/">blog worth checking out. He is a former writer for the Boston Globe and author of the book "This Land: The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America." In light of the Minnea... read more »
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Trailer for "Sprawling from Grace, Driven to Madness"
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 3:44pm.Check out the trailer for a new feature-length documentary film from EMotion Pictures. The film explores the negative impact of sprawl on the nation’s largest cities and the promise of transit-oriented development as an alternative. It includes conversations with Peter Calthorpe, Shelley Poticha, ... read more »