Real Estate/Development
Jul. 15, 2003
Rejecting Smart Growth
BY CLAUDE GRUEN If we don't go beyond smart growth, our children will see the return of slums, an increasing imbalance between the haves and have-nots and the hampering of economic growth.
BY CLAUDE GRUEN
If we don't go beyond smart growth, our children will see the return of slums, an increasing imbalance between the haves and have-nots and the hampering of economic growth.
I believe this to be the case, despite the optimistic explanations put forward by urban planners. The truth is, smart growth is just the latest in a long line of market-constraining theories that result in more harm than good to our cities.
In 1938, for example...
If we don't go beyond smart growth, our children will see the return of slums, an increasing imbalance between the haves and have-nots and the hampering of economic growth.
I believe this to be the case, despite the optimistic explanations put forward by urban planners. The truth is, smart growth is just the latest in a long line of market-constraining theories that result in more harm than good to our cities.
In 1938, for example...
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