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Understanding Which Policies Promote Sprawl

Posted by: Zvi Leve
Thanks to: Zvi Leve
6 April 2004 - 10:00am

A speech by Bruce Katz of the Brookings institute presents the major trends affecting cities and metropolitan areas, the forces driving these trends, and the policy solutions available to affect positive change.

This presentation given by Bruce Katz to the Land Use Coalition at Yale (LUCY) focuses on regional scale land use and transportation planning policies. This engagement was part of a spring semester speaker series sponsored by LUCY on various topics involving land use, regionalism and transportation planning, community design and smart growth, and the impacts of development at the rural/urban interface on protected areas and agriculture. [Editor's note: this page contains a link to the full speech in PDF format (1720 KB)]

Full Story: American Metropolis: Divided We Sprawl
Source: The Brookings Institution, April 5, 2004
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However, the political reality since the Ronald Reagan/Margaret Thatcher years has promoted the individual pursuit of happiness while systematically clamping down on planning—even if it means that one’s single-minded pursuit of happiness might contribute to unhappiness for themselves and others around.
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