The Environmental Protection Agency has announced its 2007 Smart Growth Awards, recognizing
"outstanding approaches to development that benefit the economy, the community, public health, and the environment." This year's recipients are:
Unfortunately, the EPA is a little scant on details for these projects, so we're wondering who the landscape architects of record for the City of Wichita and City of Winooski projects are. If it's you or your firm--or you know who it is--please
send us an e-mail.
A raft of studies have been published lately linking obesity with suburban sprawl--the common theory being that suburban folks are more at risk of obesity because they spend more time driving from one location to another instead of walking. However, a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto, the London School of Economics, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain says the opposite is true:
People prone to obesity choose to live in the suburbs because they would rather drive than walk. In other words, it's a chicken-and-egg thing. Matthew Turner, a professor of economics at the University of Toronto, further accuses smart growth advocates of "hijacking the public health system" with their theories that suburbanites will become fat. "They are taking public resources and diverting them to what might be a worthwhile policy agenda, but not one that will not resolve the problem of obesity,'' he tells the
Ottawa Citizen.
September 22, 2006 12:50 PM
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Smart Growth
That's the title of
a new, 32-page publication from the Smart Growth Network and the International City/County Management Association that seeks to define in real terms what smart growth is and what it looks like. The free publication features 40 places around the country, from cities and suburbs to small towns and rural communities, that exemplify smart growth techniques. To get a copy of the
This is Smart Growth, send an e-mail to ncepimal@one.net and request publication number 231-K-06-002. Be sure to include your name, organization, address, and telephone number with your request. It can also be downloaded from
Smart Growth Online.
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