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 Stories About: climate AND greenhouse-gas emissions AND placemaking AND sprawl AND urban planning
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This urban life
Even the greenest suburbs can't touch low urban emission rates |
Ryan Avent |
21 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Last Sunday, the Washington Post published a piece by Joel Kotkin and Ali Modarres which sought to debunk the ideas that dense urban areas are greener than their suburban counterparts and that encouraging dense growth might play a significant role in reducing America's carbon output. The piece was wrong or misleading on practically every point, to the extent that any complete response would take up far more time and space than I have available. Some of the authors' most e ... |
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| Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Walk It Off
Land-use decisions a key factor in emissions reduction, says analysis |
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21 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 12:36 PM on 21 Sep 2007 How to reduce U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions? Building compact, mixed-use neighborhoods would be just as effective as much-touted policies like boosting fuel economy, cleaning up power plants, and building green, says a new analysis from the Urban Land Institute. The U.S. population is expected to grow 23 percent by 2030; under the sprawl-encouraging status quo, driving is expected ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, placemaking, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics) |
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