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Remembering Urban Growth, From Idea to Implementation

October 17, 2011 by Chuck Wolfe
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For many of today’s advocates of creative cities, success cannot be achieved soon enough. Common aspirations of sprawl avoidance, compact development, dynamic public spaces, ecosystem integration and multimodal transit are increasingly touted in both the public and private sectors. [read more]

Beyond Sprawl: Creating Self-Contained Neighborhoods

January 5, 2011 by Next American City
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A rendering of Dockside, in British Columbia Credit: Busby, Perkins + WillLook at many large North American cities and you see a sea of suburban houses. Sprawl has become the norm. But it is costly, damages the environment and affects quality of life. A new generation of planners and architects is beginning to look at sustainable, human-... [read more]

Sobering Fact: All America’s Households Could Fit in California

April 16, 2010 by Tyler Caine
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Sobering Fact #2 When it comes to American development over the past half century, suburban sprawl is the issue. Unlike the efficiency that comes with urban construction, suburban planning to date is an expansive practice that spreads habitation out across virgin, natural land to carve it up with fences, utilities and roads. It is easy... [read more]

Small town changes: “I watched the growth – it’s become ‘Paradise Lost’ for me”

March 16, 2010 by Kaid Benfield
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Today’s title comes from Jeff Holm, chair of the Board of Supervisors for Baldwin Township, Minnesota.  Baldwin is a rural community struggling with its identity in the face of change.  Holm, who grew up in the unincorporated township of around 6,500 residents, was participating in a discussion about Baldwin’s future hosted by... [read more]