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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged urban planning

Mapping Out a Vision for Smart Growth

By | 01.16.09 | 6:58 am

Via Rooflines, the blog of the National Housing Institute, here’s a way to think about using money from the stimulus package to encourage smart growth and transit. It’s courtesy of the National Resources Defense Council, which has created a map with that details 70 communities that could More…

Wal-Mart Forced to Slow Sprawl Due to Economic Crisis

By | 10.29.08 | 11:15 am

It looks like Wal-Mart is being forced to scale back expansion due to the struggling economy. That means it’s also being forced to scale back its help in perpetuating the absurd amount of suburban sprawl that the superstore has relied on since its birth. But not by all that More…