Smart Growth for Responsible Sustainable Communities

"Smart growth is an urban planning, land-use and transportation movement focused on building “urban villages” and stopping urban sprawl. “It’s about compact growth,” Prof. Tomalty says. “The goal is to have residential, commercial and recreational destinations within biking and walking distance so that people don’t need to drive. Smart growth means building liveable communities without hurting the environment; communities that are healthy socially and economically and environmentally.”
Read more: http://www.financialpost.com/executive/smart-shift/Imagine+smart+city/2146219/story.html#ixzz12k8y1Sxt
Good comment from Douglass St. Christian - "One warning: I don't think we need leaders, I think we need friends and collaborators. The interesting thing is "leader" is the FP's word, not Ray Tomalty's."

Ray Tomalty is Principal of Smart Cities Research Services and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Urban Planning at McGill University. He specializes in research on smart growth and urban sustainability, including related topics such as intensification, innovative approaches to development, regional planning, affordable housing, sustainable transportation, growth management, fiscal tools to promote community sustainability, and indicators as a means of measuring community sustainability

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