Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Smart Growth America, an organization devoted to promoting smart growth in the United States, was founded in 2002. This organization leads an evolving coalition of national and regional organizations most of which predated its founding such as 1000 Friends of Oregon, founded in 1975, and the Congress for the New Urbanism, founded in 1993.
This has been referred to as the first example of a smart city or an intelligent community. [77] Empowerment intelligence: Cities provide open platforms, experimental facilities and smart city infrastructure in order to cluster innovation in certain districts. These are seen in the Kista Science City in Stockholm and the Cyberport Zone in Hong ...
Although the concept of 'compact city' was coined by American writers, it has been used more in recent years by European and particularly British planners and academics. See, for example, the writings of Michael Jenks. [17] In North America the term 'smart growth' has become increasingly common linked to the concept of 'smart city'. The concept ...
'The pandemic has exacerbated this trend' The health of a region’s economy is generally correlated with the size of its population, and the pandemic saw major population changes across the country.
Closing the racial wealth gap between white and Black Americans, which currently stands at 13 to one, would increase GDP by 5%, or nearly $1.2 trillion.
Smart Growth America (SGA) is a US non-profit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. [3] Smart Growth America focuses on three specific priorities: Climate change and resilience, advancing racial equity, and creating healthy communities.
The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better is a pamphlet by Tyler Cowen published in 2011. It argues that the American economy has reached a historical technological plateau and the factors that drove economic growth for most of America's history are no longer ...
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate.This article includes a list of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories sorted by economic growth — the percentage change in real GDP for the third quarter of 2023 is listed (for the 50 states and District of Columbia), using the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of ...