Flying in to Tucson, from Dallas. I knew that Tucson was sprawling, but recording on video and watching it is something. Is Tucson growing too much? Where’s the “smart growth”?

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Ignatieff spoke at length earlier about trade with China and the potential for sustainable infrastructure projects (see my other clips) but did not give specifics about local impacts of the proposed Terminal Two at Delta Port, the proposed South Fraser Perimeter Road or the proposed doubling in size of highway 1 and the Port Mann bridge. When the moderator asked about Gateway a second time Ignatieff passed the question to Sukh Dhaliwal who called for “a balanced approach”. He suggested making burns bog a biosphere reserve but that wouldn’t necessarily protect the region from these harmful mega-projects.

The Gateway to Global Warming as it has been called could also be called a carbon bomb that might be set off in our region featuring a proposed tripling of the truck traffic and tripling of the giant polluting cargo ships not to mention all the new car traffic it would induce and the car dependent sprawl it would enable.

The gateway project is the antithesis of smart growth both in terms of development in the Vancouver Lower Mainland and in terms of our international trade. We need to export sustainable technology not oil and raw logs.

As the global economy collapses the question is how we re-build it. Building Gateway would mean not learning from our mistakes.

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A perspective of smart growth in Taos, NM

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American Planning Association Awards for 2007. The Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan was given to The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe in Ontario, Canada.

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Stop 158 is an organization fighting urban sprawl and an unnecessary highway project in Southwestern Illinois. This video shows why it is important to save the farmland, the environment, and the quality of life in the region.

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In this video Mike Harcourt discusses the unsustainable changes in North American development patterns that have taken place over the last fifty years such as urban sprawl and reliance on cars for transportation. Harcourt sees reinvigorating city centers a sustainable solution.

As the premier of British Columbia and three-term mayor of Vancouver, Mike Harcourt helped Canada’s westernmost province win its reputation as one of the most livable places in the world. His leadership was instrumental in transforming the way Canadians looked at their cities. In 2005, he received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service.

Learn more about Mike Harcourt here:
http://www.ecospeakers.com/speakers/harcourtm.html

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Waterlooians.ca spokesperson, David Wellhauser, discusses unsustainable growth and urban sprawl, resulting from the Provincial Places to Grow policy with the Galt Waste Water Treatment Plant.

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Progress Florida delivers petitions from Leon County residents to Secretary Tom Pelham, urging him to deny the “Rockaway” project on Mahan Drive, a project that is a poster child for urban sprawl

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Highlights from Good Jobs First 2008 “Reclaiming Economic Development III” conference.

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There is a “Traffic Loop” in development for Baton Rouge and a number of the routes being considered would bring it right through the Spanish Lake Basin / Alligator Bayou / Bluff Swamp area. This area is a true ecological and cultural treasure and we need your help to make sure that it is not damaged by the loop project.

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