The Runaway American Dream: The Case for Smart Growth in America

October 2005

By: F. Kaid Benfield, Natural Resources Defense Council

https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/cit_08110501a.pdf
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Benefits of Compact, Mixed Use Development

This report discusses the challenges of sprawl, including those related to transportation, the environment, and equity. It also lists ways governments and businesses can discourage sprawling development by strengthening central cities, encouraging denser suburban development, practicing smart conservation, passing supportive public policies, and creating public-private partnerships.