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Does Smart Growth Really Work?

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
6 December 2000 - 8:00am

Planning's fashionable solution isn't no growth, but smart growth. Are they really any different?

Despite no-growth policies and urban growth boundaries, urban sprawl isn't even slowing. The Washington Post suggests that "the fashionable solution these days isn't "no growth" — it's "smart growth." "No growth" often backfires, because expansion can't be stopped by regulations. The growth is simply pushed into the next city or county, for instance forcing people with jobs in the District to live 20 to 40 miles from work."

Full Story: Conflicting demands fence in growth debate
Source: The Washington Times, December 1, 2000
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