How To Solve The Problem Of Sprawl

Neal Peirce reviews various approaches to tackling the problem of urban sprawl.

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February 5, 2002, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"It is easy enough to rail against sprawl. Bulldozing farms and forests, scattered development too often triggers traffic congestion, dirties our air, undermines our sense of community and drains people and investment from historic cities and older working class suburbs.Plus, lots of it is very ugly.But what should we be going? How do we start to solve sprawl?"

Thanks to Congress on New Urbanism

FULL STORY: Solving Sprawl: How Do We Start?

Tuesday, February 5, 2002 in The Washington Post Writers Group

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