Sprawling in Beijing
20 August 2009 - 6:00am
Beijing could be heading towards a sprawling future, according to a new report from the World Bank. Despite expanding transit options, the location of jobs is pushing more people out from the center of the city.
"Reining in a fast-expanding network of suburban roads and bolstering a mass transit system might increase congestion, the study acknowledges. But it also will ultimately lower greenhouse gas emissions.
'Development and environmental quality should go together. If the environmental aspect is missed, then it might be too late,' said Govinda Timilsina, one of the report's authors."
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Is China on Track for Suburban Sprawl?
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The New York Times Style Magazine, August 18, 2009
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Maybe we should blame Thomas Jefferson. He was the godfather of the urban sprawl racket in America.
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