Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

How is it possible


Bright Atlanta
Originally uploaded by Nrbelex
that "Suburban sprawl is an often-overlooked cause of climate change, a group of urban planning researchers said yesterday..." from "Study ties sprawl to climate change: Advocacy groups call for compact building patterns," in the Baltimore Sun?

How can anyone not connect deconcentrated development coupled with an automobile-centric mobility paradigm with either oil use or greenhouse gas issues?

Breakdown of a typical person's Carbon footprint

Sprawl vs. Green Urban

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