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Three ways to achieve livable, low-density cities

Charles Siegel, political activist and author of Unplanning: Livable Cities and Political Choices, argues that there’s a better way than the suburbs we have today.

Writing at Planetizen, Siegel suggests that suburbia as we know it — sprawling, with freeways that connect everything — ought to be reconsidered as a spectrum of ideals, rather than a single answer shaped solely by political or technical considerations.

He suggests three models of low-density cities

Posted at 12:46am and tagged with: planning, cities,.

Three ways to achieve livable, low-density cities

Charles Siegel, political activist and author of Unplanning: Livable Cities and Political Choices, argues that there’s a better way than the suburbs we have today.
Writing at Planetizen, Siegel suggests that suburbia as we know it — sprawling, with freeways that connect everything — ought to be reconsidered as a spectrum of ideals, rather than a single answer shaped solely by political or technical considerations.
He suggests three models of low-density cities

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Three ways to achieve livable, low-density cities

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