Blog - February 2010
Green Metropolis is the title of a well written book by
David Owen which challenges conventional thinking. He argues that residents of compact
urban centres, such as New York,
individually consume less oil, electricity, and water than other Americans.
They live in smaller spaces, discard less trash, and, most important of all,
spend far less time in cars. Residents
of Manhattan- the most densely populated place
in North America -rank first in public-transit
use and last in per capita greenhouse-gas production, and they consume gasoline
at a rate that the country as a whole hasn't matched since the mid-1920s. They
are also among the only people in the United States for whom walking is
still an important means of daily transportation.
The world’s population is increasing, as is the move of people from rural to
urban environments. So planning for high
density urban centres, rather than suburban sprawls, seems the best route to
sustainability.
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