Tag: suburban sprawl
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Revise City Planning Equations! (BikePortland.org)
I wonder if it’s possible to simply poke in the target “walkability” score for a neighborhood and do city planning that way? BikePortland.org » Blog Archive » Noted economist says “flawed” metric leads to highway spending, sprawl.
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Growth vs. sprawl (Kaid Benfield’s Blog)
Many cities in Europe are small, dense and surrounded by farmland. There are many benefits to this model. It makes me wonder: is un-shepherded real-estate development wise? It’s kinda like a “can but shouldn’t” scenario–we can develop all arable land into homes and malls, but that’s like fungal growth. There needs to be really strong…
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