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2. Smart growth - Wikipedia

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   Smart growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl. It also advocates compact, transit-oriented , walkable , bicycle-friendly land use, including neighborhood schools, complete streets , and mixed-use development with a range of housing choices.

3. Smart Growth America - Wikipedia

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   In 2012, Smart Growth America the National Complete Streets Coalition, which advocates for safe and convenient transportation access. [15] The coalition is composed of policy organizations, including the American Planning Association , and user groups, including America Bikes. [ 16 ]

4. William Fulton (urban planner) - Wikipedia

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   For 18 months, Fulton toured the country for Smart Growth America, advocating for a smart growth approach to building cities and assisting local governments with their urban planning efforts. He focused especially on making the argument that smart growth is a better fiscal deal for taxpayers than sprawl, which often requires costly taxpayer ...

5. Randal O'Toole - Wikipedia

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   He has campaigned against smart growth policies and light rail systems in several U.S. states as well as in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Ottawa, Ontario. [11] [12] His 2001 book, The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths, was written as a detailed critique of these styles of planning.

6. Hotel Marysville up for sale; After death of developer ... - AOL

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   Lance Robbins, the former CEO of Urban Smart Growth who died on Aug. 24 of this year, previously spoke with the Appeal about his plans for the building, which included modern apartments and ...

7. Land-use planning - Wikipedia

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   Land use planning is an important growth framework: prosperous urban areas have a vision that they must follow through a framework to achieve a development in a well-ordered way. Hence, land use planning provides the framework.

8. Oahu's long-term urban growth plan advances - AOL

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   Mar. 21—The city's proposed plan to change the long-term development of nearly 84, 000 acres of urban land stretching from East Honolulu to Pearl City has advanced. The city's proposed plan to ...

9. Compact city - Wikipedia

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   Reviewing the evidence on urban intensification, smart growth and their effects on travel behaviour, Melia et al. (2011) [31] found support for the arguments of both supporters and opponents of the compact city. Planning policies which increase population densities in urban areas do tend to reduce car use, but the effect is a weak one, so ...