http://www.environmentalcitizen.net/2009/11/30/new-urbanism-is-not-new/ Environment, Economics, Sustainability and Responsibility Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.environmentalcitizen.net/2009/11/30/new-urbanism-is-not-new/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Ben Ross Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:32:34 +0000 http://www.environmentalcitizen.net/?p=260#comment-230 Very good points. Essentially, most environmental problems today come from a lack of population density. There's a good book which came out recently called "Green Metropolis" which explains how Manhattan is by far and away the most ecologically friendly place in the United States. If people got rid of their cars, and lived in dense neighborhoods (like most of us did before WW2), our environmental impacts would greatly be mitigated. Residential patterns have a much greater impact on the environment than proximate factors such as recycling and gas mileage for automobiles. Very good points. Essentially, most environmental problems today come from a lack of population density. There’s a good book which came out recently called “Green Metropolis” which explains how Manhattan is by far and away the most ecologically friendly place in the United States. If people got rid of their cars, and lived in dense neighborhoods (like most of us did before WW2), our environmental impacts would greatly be mitigated. Residential patterns have a much greater impact on the environment than proximate factors such as recycling and gas mileage for automobiles.

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