Regional Cooperation Key To Addressing Planning Challenges

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan

1 October 2004 - 12:00pm

Urban planners say uncoordinated planning exacts a price.

"The regional planning agency for the Chicago area has joined a chorus that in recent years has called for greater cooperation among local governments as the area adds the housing and transportation needed to accommodate nearly 2 million new residents by 2030."

Full Story: Land-use planners call for teamwork

Source: The Chicago Tribune, September 30, 2004

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All of that only scratches the surface of what's wrong with this study. The idea that complex urban development patterns and human behavior can be meaningfully studied according to one primary criteria — density — is wrong from the start.

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Read the full article, written by Robert Steuteville.