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  • What is smart growth? List 5 tools cities can use to promote smart growth.?

    Posted by admin on February 4th, 2010 and filed under smart growth | 3 Comments »


    1. Emphasize the expansion of suburban bedroom communities.
    2. Provide better road access to and from suburbs.
    3. Utilize urban space efficiently reducing wastefull "green areas"
    4. Minimize the use of de-humanizing mass transit.
    5. Incite "centers of commerce" in the form of malls and strip-malls.

    3 Responses

    1. j_ardinger Says:

      http://www.nrdc.org/cities/smartGrowth/
      References :

    2. Figato Says:

      1. Emphasize the expansion of suburban bedroom communities.
      2. Provide better road access to and from suburbs.
      3. Utilize urban space efficiently reducing wastefull "green areas"
      4. Minimize the use of de-humanizing mass transit.
      5. Incite "centers of commerce" in the form of malls and strip-malls.
      References :

    3. Cosmo Says:

      Zoning
      Tax rebates/credits
      Employee Training
      Local Business Development Office
      Import export task force/development office
      Local Government involvement in/with local business
      References :

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