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Land-use, transportation and sustainability

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  • Shore, William B.

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The pattern of urban development strongly affects sustainability—energy and water use, food production, waste generation and disposal, biodiversity and equal opportunity. So regional planning must be a tool in achieving sustainability. The traditional urban pattern was a cluster of activities that people do together (city downtowns and neighborhood centers) surrounded by residences in a density gradient. That remains the most sustainable pattern. After World War II, the automobile promoted a pattern of scattered activities and spread out residences. Most other countries resisted the spread and scattered pattern, though without complete success; the US has only begun to recentralize. Three strategies are proposed to recentralize: pricing goods and services to reflect sustainable needs, improving the magnetism of cities and legislating enforceable regional plans.

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  • Shore, William B., 2006. "Land-use, transportation and sustainability," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 27-43.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:28:y:2006:i:1:p:27-43
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.10.014
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    1. Farreny, Ramon & Gabarrell, Xavier & Rieradevall, Joan, 2008. "Energy intensity and greenhouse gas emission of a purchase in the retail park service sector: An integrative approach," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(6), pages 1957-1968, June.
    2. Wang, Ling & Wang, Ke & Zhang, Jianjun & Zhang, Di & Wu, Xia & Zhang, Lijun, 2020. "Multiple objective-oriented land supply for sustainable transportation: A perspective from industrial dependence, dominance and restrictions of 127 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).

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