Tag: Green Metropolis
Wisdom from Green Metropolis
On Tuesday I wrote about Green Metropolis. But while I gave you my overall impressions about the book, I didn’t go into much detail—and there’s lots of detail! I haven’t thought much about urban planning before, so David Owen’s ideas are kind of revolutionary to me. Maybe they are to you, too? We’ll Switch to […]
Posted: August 26th, 2010 under Energy Use, Political Action, Transportation.
Tags: David Owen, Green Metropolis, He says it far better than I can, high-density, mixed-use
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Book Review: Green Metropolis
There’s just too much here for one post. Check out part two of my review. Green Metropolis by David Owen gets the biggest compliment I can give a book: I wish I had written it myself. It’s a wonderfully clear explanation of why high-density, mixed-use cities like New York and Boston are more environmentally friendly […]
Posted: August 24th, 2010 under Energy Use, Political Action, Transportation.
Tags: David Owen, Green Metropolis, high-density, mixed-use, we do tend to crowd them out a bit in the summer...
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