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Regional Approach Needed To Address Sprawl

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
16 May 2001 - 9:00am

A report by the Smart Growth Coalition for Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky describes the negative impact of urban sprawl and illustrates the need for a regional solution.

"Better regional planning, expanded redevelopment, greenspace preservation programs and improved public transit could help Greater Cincinnati rein in the negative effects of decades of suburban sprawl, a new report on growth in the tri-state concludes.The report, released today, contends that Greater Cincinnati's quality of life has suffered due to the signs of sprawl - increased traffic congestion, disappearing open space, crowded schools, air pollution and a deteriorating city center - found in most other major American metropolises."

Full Story: Regional solution to sprawl is urged
Source: The Cincinnati Post, May 15, 2001
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Planners, architects, artists, and other community members can make the exploratory walk a key tool in re-making places, stemming from the emotions and atmospheres perceived by people who live there or visit them, and plan outward from the experiential, toward trajectories, shapes, and physical structures.
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