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Our Middle Eastern City of the Future
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Announcement: new paper on smart growth and government regulation
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 10/21/2014 - 10:58amI recently coauthored a paper on government regulations designed to promote smart growth and green building (published by the Mercatus Institute). The paper examines the prevalence of minimum density requirements, maximum parking requirements, and green building-related regulations. ... read more »
Does smart growth regulation create price instability?
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 09/25/2013 - 10:09amOne argument I've seen in anti-smart growth literature is that regulation generally and/or smart growth-oriented regulation creates housing bubbles that lead to price instability.
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Are The Poor Being Forced Into Suburbia?
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 04/21/2013 - 8:47pmI recently read a blog post explaining that smart growth and urban infill are not so smart because it forces poor people into suburbia. The logic behind this claim is, as far as I can tell, as follows: 1) infill means rising real estate values in cities, (2) rising real estate values mean... read more »
EPA Building Blocks deadlines approaching
Submitted by Heather Smith on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 9:45am Normal 0
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12th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
Submitted by mikejersha on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:56amThe 12th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference will be held February 7-9, 2013 in Kansas City, MO. The gathering will bring together professionals and practitioners from various backgrounds in development, planning, engineering, and architecture to see what has been done the past year and ... read more »
My new book
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 9:19amMy book, "A Libertarian Smart Growth Agenda" is available at amazon.com . If you don't want to pay for the book, you can read the article that it was based on here.
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EPA Smart Growth Webinar Tuesday April 10th with Normal, IL Mayor Chris Koos
Submitted by mikejersha on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 4:53pmEPA's Office of Sustainable Communities will present a Smart Growth Webinar April 6th, 2012 from 3:00 - 4:00 EST featuring Mayor Chris Koos and Town Planner Mercy Davison from Normal, IL to discuss a recent plan that converted an inefficient traffic situation into a new vibrant and e... read more »
Saga City
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 5:10pmAn engaging cartoon tells the story of sprawl and smart growth:
Saga City - Our communities facing climate change from SAGA CITÉ on Vimeo.
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Applications for 2012 EPA National Award for Smart Growth Achievement
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 10:48pmAnnouncment from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Sustainable Communities:
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