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Warming up to smart growth
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New Urban News Article with graphs, 10/1/2007
Compact development patterns are essential to fighting climate change, according to a report from a development industry association.
There is little chance that the US will meet ambitious targets for carbon dioxide emission reductions without a major switch to smart growth and New Urbanism, according to a book-length report published by the Washington, DC-based Urban Land Institute. Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, places compact development on par with fuel efficiency as an essential tool in fighting global warming.

Sustainability and environment
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Chapter 21 of the New Urbanism Best Practices Guide

Urbanism can greatly benefit the environment — by concentrating development in compact patterns that use natural resources more efficiently. These patterns make it possible to preserve more land as natural, agricultural, or open space and to reduce auto emissions, energy use, and stormwater runoff. This chapter looks at New Urbanism’s rapidly advancing practices in sustainability and the environment.