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In The Name Of Smart Growth

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
29 December 2002 - 11:00am

Charlotte Observer associate editor Mary Newsom writes that misusing the term "Smart Growth" will give the movement a bad name.

"When residents of older neighborhoods oppose high-density projects as certain to worsen traffic, they shouldn't always be dismissed as NIMBYs, because...sometimes they have a point...A dense or mixed-use project doesn't automatically qualify as smart growth if it is located at the city fringe, while core neighborhoods remain hollowed out."

Full Story: Poor Use of Term ''Smart Growth'' Will Give it a Bad Name, Editor Warns
Source: Smart Growth Online, December 29, 2002
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