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Sierra Club Promotes Alternatives to Sprawl

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Chris Robbins
8 December 2005 - 6:00am

The Sierra Club has published a guidebook of 12 healthy and livable communities, built on redeveloped urban sites.

Better known for fighting urban sprawl, the nation's oldest and largest environmental organization released the list of 12 projects nationwide to offer developers and city planners models for building "healthy and livable communities."

The 12 projects were selected based on criteria including: access to public transportation; redevelopment of existing urban areas; homes located near businesses and offices; minimal pollution; and energy-efficient design."

Full Story: Sierra Club Promotes Environmentally Friendly Development
Source: San Jose Mercury News, November 30, 2005
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This is in fact the kind of self-sufficient, self-sustaining 'village' community that Mahatma Gandhi -- the Father of the Nation -- dreamt of and wrote about in his books on India’s path to development.
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