This Week in Passenger Transport
April 14, 2008
A concerted effort to develop buildings, communities, and areas convenient to transit systems and bikeways—and compact, high-density, mixed-use development in general—can have a major impact on climate change.
In a new book titled Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, the Urban Land Institute maintains that smart growth can help fight global warming.
“The key to making substantial greenhouse gas reductions and stemming global warming is to encourage smarter development patterns rather than sprawl,” said Reid Ewing, lead author of the book and an academic fellow with ULI.
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