Archive for January, 2010

  • Transfer of Development Rights Programs

    Transfer of Development Rights Programs

    Richard Register of Ecocity Builders has created a rendering of the de-urbanization of now sprawling Denver, CO. TDR could help achieve this end with the benefit of reducing vehicle miles traveled and thus, carbon emissions and restoring needed farmland. When local governments want to encourage density and prevent or undo suburban sprawl, one of their [...]

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  • Ecocity Challenges

    Ecocity Challenges

    Freiburg is known as an ecocity. The newly built neighbourhoods of Vauban and Rieselfeld were developed and built according to the idea of sustainability. The citizens of Freiburg are known in Germany for their love of cycling and recycling. This past December, as climate talks in Copenhagen commenced, I sat in talks in Istanbul listening [...]

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