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Article: Intelligent Growth and Design Helped the 'City of Roses' to Blossom
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 7, 1999
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"Smart growth." It sounds great, but it can end up looking like
dumb growth if smart design isn't part of it.
Smart-growth policies aspire to create attractive, sustainable
communities by using existing infrastructure efficiently, promoting
compact development and preserving natural resources. Through public
investment and anti-sprawl regulation, the pace and location of
growth can be improved.
But to achieve truly smart growth, it is not enough simply to map
out where land can and cannot be developed. Smart design must
prescribe patterns of land use, density and movement in more detail
and determine how street networks, parks and buildings will be
configured and woven together.
To see both ...